Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Google’s Amazon Rainforest Street View Ready For You To Explore

Rainforest 1Back in August, Google announced that it was teaming up with nonprofit Foundation for a Sustainable Amazon to map a small section of the massive Rio Negro river (tributary of the Amazon) near Manaus. As expected, it took quite a while, but the results are now available for you to play with. The area they covered is a sort of inlet west of Manaus and the coastline northwards from there. The idea is apparently just to provide a way for people to see what it's like there without hopping on a plane and chartering a boat. The project resulted in 50,000 still pictures, which have been stitched into 50km of shore, forest, and village for your Street Viewing pleasure.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/OWf_0VYYgMQ/

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