{"id":10361,"date":"2015-03-25T01:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/?p=10361"},"modified":"2015-03-25T18:39:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T23:39:35","slug":"google-gets-ok-to-scan-machu-picchu-into-google-street-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/2015\/google-gets-ok-to-scan-machu-picchu-into-google-street-view\/10361\/","title":{"rendered":"Google gets OK to scan Machu Picchu into Google Street View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peru&#8217;s Ministry of Culture has signed an agreement with Google to\u00a0scan the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, along with 90 other archaeological sites, into its Google Street View platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ministry of Culture has made its recommendations and set the guidelines necessary for the implementation of the project,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cultura.gob.pe\/es\/comunicacion\/noticia\/registran-monumentos-arqueologicos-para-google-street-view#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted on its Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The project &#8220;will spread the archaeological heritage of the country through virtual tours through the GSV system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/?p=7232\">Google sought permission two\u00a0years ago to\u00a0scan the famed Inca citadel<\/a> and other archaeological sites\u00a0into its GSV system.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Maite Iturria, the Google Street View manager for Latin America, told\u00a0Peru&#8217;s daily El Comercio\u00a0that Google Inc. initiated discussions with Peru&#8217;s Ministry of Culture to allow one of its Street View Trekkers \u2014 essentially a Google employee with a 360 degree camera for a backpack \u2014 to roam the nation&#8217;s ancient cultural heritage sites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to build the perfect map and Peru is one of the countries in the region with the greatest amount of cultural wealth, and we want to be able to count on that,&#8221; Iturria said.<\/p>\n<p>Google intends to inventory world-renowned\u00a0UNESCO Cultural\u00a0Patrimony sites,\u00a0like Machu Picchu and Chan Chan, as well as lesser known ruins, like\u00a0the pre-Inca site of Huaca\u00a0Huantinamarca in Lima&#8217;s residential \u00a0San Miguel district,\u00a0pictured below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google_gsv_trekker_scans_huantinamarca_ruins.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10364 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google_gsv_trekker_scans_huantinamarca_ruins.jpg\" alt=\"Google has began scanning Peru's archaeological sites, like Huaca Huantinamarca\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google_gsv_trekker_scans_huantinamarca_ruins.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.fertur-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/google_gsv_trekker_scans_huantinamarca_ruins-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru&#8217;s Ministry of Culture has signed an agreement with Google to\u00a0scan the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, along with 90 other archaeological sites, into its Google Street View platform. &#8220;The Ministry of Culture has made its recommendations and set the guidelines necessary for the implementation of the project,&#8221; 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