Google unveiled a new site that shows before and after street view images of tsunami-stuck regions of Japan with over 44,000km of roads recorded since the disaster.
"A virtual tour via Street View profoundly illustrates how much these natural disasters have transformed these communities," wrote Google Street View chief Kei Kawai on the Google blog.
"If you start inland and venture out toward the coast, you’ll see the idyllic countryside change dramatically, becoming cluttered with mountains of rubble and debris as you get closer to the ocean. In the cities, buildings that once stood proud are now empty spaces."
Kawai said that they hoped the digital archiving project would be useful for researchers and scientists looking to study the effects of natural disasters.
Certainly the images make it far clearer than any news report the sheer scale of the devastation on the Japanese coast with whole districts virtually scrubbed clean of all but the sturdiest concrete structures.
Google's Japan Tsunami archive site entitled "Memories for the Future" can be found here.
Advertisement
Related Stories
- Developer fined £50,000 over fake Angry Birds app May 25th 2012 at 12:28PM
- Google introduces Knowledge Graph for more intelligent search May 17th 2012 at 10:55AM
- Google's multi-Nexus Android strategy May 16th 2012 at 12:56AM
- Mozilla, Google blast Windows RT browser restrictions May 11th 2012 at 3:47AM
- Java judge will not rule on Android "fair use" May 11th 2012 at 1:52AM
- Google lets anyone be a TV station May 7th 2012 at 10:55PM
- Jury fails to fully decide in Oracle vs Google May 7th 2012 at 10:28PM
- Jury struggles for verdict in Oracle vs Google May 6th 2012 at 11:56PM
- Google SPDY tech speeds the mobile web May 3rd 2012 at 1:02AM
- Google unveils Cube web game Apr 30th 2012 at 11:03PM
Add a new comment
You need to be logged in to post comments. If you do not have an account then please register.
Comments
0 comments
There are no comments yet, be the first to add one!