Google Street View is new arm against alien species


EYE IN THE SKY: Google Street View can be a useful weapon in the costly and time-consuming fight against invasive species, French biologists said on Thursday. — ©AFP/Relaxnews 2013

PARIS: Google Street View can be a useful weapon in the costly and time-consuming fight against invasive species, French biologists said on Thursday. 

A team at France's French National Agency for Agricultural Research (INRA) used the online tool, which provides 360-degree images of streets filmed by specially-fitted cars, to gauge the spread of a tree-killing insect. 

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