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Thursday 3 April 2014

Cambodia's Angkor temples added to Street View


FILE - In this June 28, 2012 file photo, a police officer stands guard at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, some 230 kilometers (143 miles) northwest Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The spectacular temples of Cambodia’s historic Angkor civilization have been incorporated into Google’s Street View. The Internet giant said in a statement Thursday, April 3, 2014 that Street View now includes more than 90,000 photographic panoramas of the area, and allows viewers to zoom in to study carvings and other artistic and archaeological details. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The spectacular temples of Cambodia's Angkor civilization have been incorporated into Google's Street View, a boost to the impoverished country's tourism industry that also adds urgency to efforts to preserve the sprawling historic site.
The Internet giant said in a statement Thursday that Street View now includes more than 90,000 photographic panoramas of the sprawling temple complex, and allows viewers to zoom in to study carvings and other artistic and archaeological details.
Built between the ninth and 14th centuries, Angkor is a symbol of Cambodian national pride and also the country's biggest tourist attraction, receiving about 2 million visitors a year.
Cambodia's Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the rich collection of images will "inspire more tourists" to visit Cambodia, according to the Google statement. Those who have already visited will be able to see new, undiscovered areas of the country through Street View, he said.
The numbers of tourists to the temple complex has swelled in recent years. As recently as 2001, annual visitors to Angkor totaled about 250,000.
Preservation advocates are concerned the influx has hastened deterioration of edifices already buffeted by invasive tropical vegetation and monsoon rains. Some have called for limits on visitors.
Cambodia's Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said he hoped the Street View project would encourage more young people to learn about the Internet and develop technical skills.
Street View is a facet of Google's online maps that presents 360-degree photographic images taken at street level in 55 countries.

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