News Burst: Gates from space
Published: 10 Jun 1998 07:14 BST
The world's biggest atlas soon will be at the fingertips of Web users. Starting June 24, Internet surfers can view parts of the world from nearly any angle, thanks to a joint research project between Microsoft , Digital, the U.S. Geological Survey, Kodak and others.
Through the project - known as the Terra-Server - users will be able to view vast images of the entire earth or pictures of detailed slices of their hometown.
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