ASIA / PACIFIC
April 7, 2014
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Cambodia’s Angkor temples
added to Google’s Street View
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) —
The spectacular temples of Cam-
bodia’s Angkor civilization have been
incorporated into Google’s Street
View, a boost to the impoverished
country’s tourism industry that also
adds urgency to efforts to preserve
the sprawling historic site.
The internet giant said in a state-
ment that Street View now includes
more than 90,000 photographic
panoramas of the sprawling temple
complex, and links to Google’s online
World Wonders Project, allowing
viewers to zoom in to study carvings
and other artistic and archaeological
details.
Built between the ninth and 14th
centuries, Angkor is a symbol of Cam-
bodian national pride and also the
country’s biggest tourist attraction,
receiving about 2 million visitors a
year.
Cambodia’s tourism minister,
Thong Khon, said the rich collection
of images will “inspire more tourists”
to visit Cambodia, according to the
Google statement. Those who have
already visited will be able to see new,
undiscovered areas of the country
through Street View, he said.
The numbers of tourists to the
temple complex has swelled in recent
years. As recently as 2001, annual
visitors to Angkor totalled about
250,000.
Preservation advocates are con-
cerned the influx has hastened dete-
rioration of edifices already buffeted
by invasive tropical vegetation and
PHOTOGRAPHIC PANORAMAS. A police officer stands guard at Cambodia’s famed
Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province, some 143 miles northwest of Phnom Penh,
Cambodia, in this June 28, 2012 file photo. The spectacular temples of Cambodia’s Angkor civiliza-
tion have been incorporated into Google’s Street View. The internet giant said in a statement that
Street View now includes more than 90,000 photographic panoramas of the sprawling temple com-
plex, allowing viewers to zoom in to study carvings and other artistic and archaeological details.
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)
monsoon rains. Some have called for murals, will display items such as
limits on visitors to the complex, black-and-white photos of the
which has been designated a World temples taken in the 1940s, and
Heritage Site by the U.N.’s cultural “artists renderings of what life may
agency.
have been like in medieval Angkor,”
Cambodia’s commerce minister, said Google’s statement.
Sun Chanthol, said he hoped the
The project is run by the Google
Street View project would encourage Cultural Institute, whose director
more young people to learn about described its mission as making “the
the internet and develop technical world’s heritage accessible for global
skills.
audiences and to preserve it digitally
Street View is a facet of Google’s for generations to come.”
online maps that presents 360-degree
Other project locations include
photographic images taken at street shrines in Kyoto, Japan, archaeolog-
level in 55 countries.
ical areas of Pompei, Italy, and
The World Wonders Project, aside natural wonders such as the Grand
from showing close-ups of temple Canyon in the United States.
Crayon Pop thinks they’ll
mesh well with Lady Gaga
HONG KONG (AP) — Korean pop newcomers Crayon
Pop are set to make waves again after Lady Gaga
announced the quintet will open for her on her upcoming
North American tour.
The young Koreans shot to fame with the viral music
video for “Bar Bar Bar.” Their signature move for the
video was alternating jumps in a straight line.
The performers, dressed in red skirts and white hel-
mets, believe their uniqueness will go well with Lady
Gaga’s style.
“Just like Crayon Pop, Lady Gaga has a lot of unique
performances and clothing, and I think that is very
special. Our members’ favorite song is ‘Poker Face,’” said
main vocalist Cho-a.
Apart from rehearsing for the tour, which opens in late
June, Crayon Pop will be working on improving their
English.
“We are learning and practicing English. We are pre-
paring to show you more of our unique style,” said lead
dancer and vocalist Gum-mi.
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