::::Google offers 15,000 3D 'photo tours'::::

<img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335580079_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; />&nbsp;<span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google has created 15,000 free 'photo tours' of world landmarks, which create a '3D' scene from tourist photographs.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google has 'built'&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>3D panoramas</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;of each scene by using public photographs from its Picasa's photo-sharing website.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The application enables the user Landmarks to 'fly around' Rome's Trevi Fountain, Half Dome in America's Yosemite and St Mark's Basilica in Venice.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;Every year, millions of people pack their bags and head to far-off places to enjoy sites and cultures different from their own. With today's introduction of photo tours, a feature of&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>Google Maps</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;that guides you through a 3D photo scene, we're all one step closer,&quot; The Daily Mail quoted a Google statement, as saying.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The 15,000 tours can be accessed directly from Google's Map service&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&quot;They can be initiated from Google Maps in two ways. First, when you search for a place, such as Trevi Fountain, the results in the left panel will indicate if there is a&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>photo tour</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>&nbsp;available: click either the thumbnail image or the link to start the tour. Alternatively, if you're browsing the map and click on the label for a particular landmark, the info window that appears will indicate if a photo tour is available,&quot; a company statement added.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>The tours use Google Maps with&nbsp;</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>WebGL</span><span style=&quot;text-align: left&quot;>, a software that only works in browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Safari.</span>

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