It is an initiative – on the occasion of the World Heritage Day celebrated on 18 April – to preserve the world’s civilization.
Google, through Google Arts & Culture, provides everyone with digital access to the data base of CyArk data collected around the globe, so everyone can get in touch with the great works of world culture either through Google Arts & Culture’s “Open Heritage” website or through the iOS or Android free app.
The three-dimensional representation of more than 25 monuments from various parts of the Earth is already available. It has been accomplished with the use of digital archeology techniques, such as laser scanners as well as drones.
