时间胶囊：谷歌街景支持查看过去七年街景视图-科技频道-金鱼财经网

新华网4月24日电 据科技博客网站Gizmodo报道，到目前为止，那些想通过谷歌街景实现时光旅行的人总会被这样那样偶然的小故障所困扰。但23号，谷歌街景增加了一项新功能，可以将时间倒退，让你看到过去。

很明显，谷歌从2007年起就开始有意从大量数据中选择旧的街景快照。你只要看到左上角有一个小小的闹钟图标，点击就可以看到这儿近年来经过了怎样的变迁，至少是谷歌照片收集车眼里的变迁。

虽然只有七年内的变化，但能看到我们熟悉和喜爱的地方发生的改变，无论变好还是变坏，都是很神奇的。

这项“电子时间胶囊”功能还没有得到广泛应用，但2014年世界杯场馆和日本海啸发生前后的对比图，已经让我们大开眼界了。

译者：王俊景

Google Street View Now Lets You Travel Back In Time

Up until now, anyone hoping to time travel in Google Street View was more or less left at the mercy of the odd, serendipitous glitch. But starting today, Google is rolling out a new Street View feature that lets you travel back in time virtually anywhere.

Apparently, Google"s been quietly hoarding old Street View snapshots since the carefree days of 2007, affording it a huge cache of data to draw from. Now, anytime you see a little clock icon in the upper left corner (like in the example below) you"ll be able to click through and see how that location has evolved over the years—at least as seen through the eyes of Google"s army of photo-collecting cars.

Even though it only covers a period seven years, it really is pretty incredible to see how much some of our most iconic and beloved locations have changed—be it for better or worse.

And while the new "digital time capsule" feature isn"t available across the board quite yet, checking out the evolution of places like the 2014 World cup Stadium and Japan both pre- and post-devastating tsunami should keep you plenty busy for now.