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October 18, 2013 11:55 pm GMT

How Google Street View Could Fight Invasive Species

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Google's online street views could help scientists track and fight invasive species over the Internet, researchers say.

Mapping where species are in the world is key to monitoring native and invasive organisms. However, collecting this data can be quite an expensive and time-consuming task.

To help tackle this problem, scientists investigated Google Street View, through which Google supplies panoramic views from the streets of hundreds of cities across the world. Recently, Google Street View has offered vistas of many places off the beaten track as well, such as Antarctica, the Galapagos, the Amazon, Mount Everest's base camp and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia Read more...

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