Lavaux, canton Vaud, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Google and Unesco have agreed to put 19 of the 890 World Heritage sites on Google Street View. Unesco is the United Nations agency behind the collection of sites. The two will be adding other World Heritage sites, mainly those that are less easily accessible, they said in a news release 3 December.
The other sites, such as the Lavaux terraced vineyards in canton Vaud, will be shown on Google Earth View and Google maps.
Links to other sites: Google/Unesco announcement, Unesco World Heritage sites, Lavaux, Switzerland
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 4 December 2009 at 11:18 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 4 December 2009.
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Tags: Google, Lavaux, street view, Switzerland, Unesco, World Heritage sites
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