Google has long used its Chrome Experiments as a way to show off the power of browser-based apps, and the latest one should appeal to fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson's set of Middle-earth films. The new "Journey through Middle-earth" Chrome Experiment (first shown off at Google I/O in May) lets users view an interactive map of Tolkien's world and zoom in on relevant locations from Jackson's trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. At a high level, you can zoom through an eagle's-eye, Google Maps view of the areas feature in The Hobbit (so no, you can't fly into Mordor); zooming in fills in landmarks and cities throughout Middle-earth. As with the rest of Google's recent Chrome Experiments, Journey through Middle-earth is meant to...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/20/5126932/chrome-experiement-shows-an-eagles-eye-view-of-middle-earth
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