Melvadius Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) BBC News along with a few other websites are reporting the addition of Pompeii to Google Street View - BBC quote below - a few images at BBC site: Google has added Pompeii to its Street View application, allowing internet users to take a 360-degree virtual tour of the ancient Roman city. Italy's culture ministry says it hopes the move will boost tourism to the site, state news agency Ansa reports. Among the ruins visible on the search engine's free mapping service are the town's statues, temples and theatres. The city was buried in ash after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD79 and was not discovered until the 18th Century. The volcanic debris preserved many of the city's buildings, frescos, silverware, mosaics and other artefacts. "Giving people a chance to take a virtual stroll through Pompeii will give an extraordinary boost to Italian tourism," Ansa quoted Mario Resca of the culture ministry's heritage promotion department as saying. The Google Maps service, launched in 2007, provides panoramic street-level views of more than 100 cities around the world. It also includes the ancient heritage site of Stonehenge. I did find one website with this link to the google maps of Pompeii but cannot currently check if the 'Street view' element works: Pompeii Map. The section (hopefully) in the centre of this with unnamed streets is ancient Pompeii. Edited December 4, 2009 by Melvadius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGolomb Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 This is terrific (well, once it works...). I wasn't able to get into Pompeii as the current implementation seems to stop at the gates. Although it's kinda fun checking out the people who on their ways in and out... For anyone checking out google maps...go to stonehenge...I just came across this earlier in the week and the street view is fabulous. You can virtually walk around and within the stones. Now why isn't this available for the Forum?! J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maladict Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 It works, but only the main roads have been photographed. Still, it's rather nice. Doesn't come close to being there, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klingan Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'm sure that Google street view is great but they're going to have a hard time competing with pompeiiinpictures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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