Google launches maps visualization and Galapagos species
Google updated its Street View program with a collection of amazing images of Galapagos. The new maps with a view of 360 degrees allow you to meet the marine life and the rails with islands that Darwin has probably encountered for 178 years. Users can even help in the ongoing conservation of the region, identifying plants and animals you see on the screen.In collaboration with the Galapagos National Park, the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Catlin Seaview Survey, Google collected images over 10 days of the month of May this year. Using cameras used both along hiking the Islands, as in underwater environments, the mapping expedition provides a completely unique documentation of this unique ecosystem.Many of the animals that the cameras were able to capture only exist in this archipelago â€" including the giant tortoises, sea lions and the lesser-known marine iguanas. It is believed that many of these unique creatures have inspired the theory of natural selection by Charles Darwin, when he studied the region in 1835.Some of the animals, as well as aquatic and terrestrial habitats, are under threat from invasive species, and research in the field is expensive and time-consuming. In this way, in addition to serve as entertainment, this extensive online documentation of the Islands will help groups who study "the environment, conservation, animal migration patterns and the impact of tourism on the Islands," according to the Inhabitat.The draft gives the chance of amateur scientists, such as experts, may also be involved. Google has established a partnership with the iNaturalist and created the Darwin for a Day program that allows users to help catalog the plants and animals shown in the images of the Street View, making it a conservation tool.
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