Sustainable Future

First, Google’s Street View mapped our neighborhoods. Then, the camera-adorned bike made its way to Antarctica. Now, the Street View team has mapped a section of the Amazon.

The project stitches together more than 50,000 photos to give viewers a virtual tour of the Rio Negro region. It allows people to float up the Amazon, visit villages, and walk trails through the rainforest all from the comfort of their desk….

For video and street views of the Amazon see:  http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/google-street-view-maps-amazon.html

Filed under: Ecology, Environment, Technology on March 27th, 2012