Google is about to post a walk-through of Arlington National Cemetery. Although some headstones photographed with the walk-through might not be as clear and readable as others, it is said that many will for more legible than those currently posted at the Cemetery website (not bad in itself!), as the photography is being done in very high resolution. The site is scheduled to be live in May of 2014, in time for the 150th Anniversary of the Cemetery.
The following excerpt is from an article by Cecelia Kang, published in the October 20, 2013 edition of the Washington Post:
The walk through Arlington National Cemetery on a beautiful October day was being captured by Google for anyone to experience with a few keystrokes or the swipe of a smartphone screen.
Google on Sunday began its project to map the cemetery by collecting millions of photos and stitching them together to re-
create the feeling of strolling the iconic burial ground of presidents and soldiers.Online users will be able to zoom in close enough to read some grave markers. Or zoom out for panoramas of rolling hills dotted with thousands of white headstones. Or experience a 360-degree view of the resting place of America’s service members.
Visit the offical website of Arlington National Cemetery and check out the 400,000 fully indexed and searchable headstones on the site.
