Google Street View maps the Galapagos Islands - RaiNews24

178 years ago Darwin arrived in the Galapagos. To celebrate this anniversary, Google has decided to send a mission his robot ‘Trekker’ Street View, and map the archipelago

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The ‘backpack’ Street View of the Galapagos

Rome, 13 September 2013

Into Darwin was the first to carry out scientific research on the Galapagos Islands. He arrived there on September 15 of 178 years ago and it is said that you drew inspiration for “The Origin of Species.” To celebrate this anniversary, Google has decided to send a mission his robot ‘Trekker’ Street View, and map the archipelago’s most famous and unique ecosystem in the world.

So now, through the panoramic photos and videos that the American colossus hi tech, in collaboration with the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park and the Charles Darwin Foundation, anyone can take a virtual tour through the beautiful land and underwater in the Galapagos.

The pictures, taken in May, with the intention of Google should also play “a key role in support of environmental research, conservation, migration patterns of animals and the impact of tourism on these islands.”

Into the meantime, the EU antitrust authorities are to reach a decision on the possible storage of the investigation opened in 2010 for abuse of dominant position by Google. The main concerns related to the results of research on the web that favored the products of the American colossus, always placing them among the top places.