Google’s World Wonders Project, together with partners UNESCO and World Monuments Fund among others, offers armchair travelers an opportunity to experience the built environment in far flung places throughout the globe. The project, once again utilizing Street View, is searchable by location or theme. Additionally, many sites feature videos and user-submitted photography.
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More Google news: The World Wonders Project
Published June 7, 2012 Architecture news , Blogs & websites , Image searching , Image tools Leave a CommentTags: architecture, image viewing, landscape and gardens, panoramas, tools
Century-old images of estates and gardens now available online
Published April 16, 2012 Blogs & websites , Image searching Leave a CommentTags: architecture, archives, image viewing, landscape and gardens, libraries, photography
The Library of Congress announced a new set of digital images is now available from over 1,000 hand-colored glass lantern slides by Frances Benjamin Johnston, one of the first professional female photographers to achieve international prominence. The images, originally taken between 1895 to 1935 and used during her popular lectures, depict predominantly American gardens and historic homes.
