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October 23, 2013 07:58 pm GMT

Google Street View to Map Out 400,000 Graves at Arlington Cemetery

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Those wishing to pay their respects at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery will soon be able to do so from the comfort of their homes

Google Maps is using Street View to archive images of the military cemetery, which will be stitched together to create a virtual walking tour of the graves

See also: 36 Embarrassing Google Street View Sightings

Google is also collecting panoramas of the cemetery's 624 acres, The Washington Post reports.

Arlington National Cemetery is the resting place for more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their familiesAmong those buried at the cemetery are President John F. Kennedy, President William Howard Taft and 12 Supreme Court Justices. Read more...

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