Google ties up with ASI for virtual tour of monuments
Google
has tied up with Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) for 360 degree virtual
tour of 280-odd monuments across the country, an official of the tech giant
said.
“We
have a tie-up with ASI for 360 degrees virtual tour of 280 monuments across the
country of which 30 are in West Bengal,” Sanket Gupta, programme manager of
Google Maps told reporters here today.
He
said ASI had given the permission to Google for creating the virtual tour,
which would be available in the maps.
Some
of the major monuments are Taj Mahal, Victoria Memorial and the ruins of Hampi,
he said, adding eight were from Kolkata.
He
said Google has launched an array of products in India like offline view of
maps, live traffic alerts and inclusion of unknown places on the maps by local
guides.
Asked
about Google Street View, Mr. Gupta said that authorities at the central and
state levels were denying permission.
“In
India we are trying to work with the state and central levels for allowing
Street View,” he said, adding neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka had allowed the same.
Mr.
Gupta said one billion people across the globe were using Google maps and India
was among the top five.
Source | The Hindu | 4 November 2016
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