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The product of a joint project between Google Creative Lab and Google Earth Outreach, Google has lifted the lid on Tour Builder, a tool for recording and sharing stories on maps.
While it seems that Google has actually been experimenting with the service for a few months already, today is seemingly the official unveiling of Tour Builder, to coincide with Veterans Day, though it remains a beta product for the time-being.
To create a tour, you have to install the Google Earth plugin if you haven’t already, then give the project a name, add an introductory photo and a description. You then search the map for where your story begins, drop a marker on that location, and describe each place while embedding other photos and videos.