The Internet giant said in a statement today that Street View now includes more than 90,000 photographic panoramas of the sprawling temple complex, and allows viewers to zoom in to study carvings and other artistic and archaeological details.
Built between the ninth and 14th centuries, Angkor is a symbol of Cambodian national pride and also the country's biggest tourist attraction, receiving about 2 million visitors a year.
Those who have already visited will be able to see new, undiscovered areas of the country through Street View, he said.
The numbers of tourists to the temple complex has swelled in recent years. As recently as 2001, annual visitors to Angkor totalled about 250,000.
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Preservation advocates are concerned the influx has hastened deterioration of edifices already buffeted by invasive tropical vegetation and monsoon rains. Some have called for limits on visitors.
Cambodia's Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol said he hoped the Street View project would encourage more young people to learn about the Internet and develop technical skills.