Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Google cameras capture a 360 walk through Arlington National Cemetery

Google cameras capture a walk through Arlington National Cemetery
The Washington Post
By Cecilia Kang
Published: October 22, 2013
Patrick Fennie pauses for a photograph as he captures the scene at Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia for Google Maps Street View on Sunday October 20, 2013 (The images will be stitched together and released in May, allowing people to virtually visit the cemetery on their computers. KATHERINE FREY/THE WASHINGTON POST

ARLINGTON, Va. — The walk through Arlington National Cemetery on a beautiful October day was being captured by Google for anyone to experience with a few keystrokes or the swipe of a smartphone screen.

Google on Sunday began its project to map the cemetery by collecting millions of photos and stitching them together to re-create the feeling of strolling the iconic burial ground of presidents and soldiers.

Online users will be able to zoom in close enough to read some grave markers. Or zoom out for panoramas of rolling hills dotted with thousands of white headstones. Or experience a 360-degree view of the resting place of America's service members.
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