Interactive View of Middle-earth from the Air

[Andorinha]

I have not yet had the time to access the actual map program, just the adverts about it:

Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit can take virtual tours of some of the novel’s locations thanks to a new interactive map by Google.
While the book famously has a hand drawn map of Middle-earth, it has now been brought to life and lets people take a tour of the fictional landscape from the air, as well as through a Hobbit’s eyes.
The interactive map allows people to dodge trolls in Trollshaws and water plants in Rivendell in mini games as well as come across wizards and other beasts on their travels.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2511261/Google-Middle-earth-Interactive-3D-map-J-R-R-Tolkiens-imagined-kingdom-launches-run-Hobbit-film-release.html

www.webpronews.com/googles-new-chrome-experiment-is-hobbit-branded-2013-11

[Stormrider]

Another Tolkien Middle Earth experience for all of us die hard fans! Once you enter the map, you enter in the size of a Hobbit! I get that feeling when I play LOTRO with Twizzle!

Is it active now? I didn't see a link or any dates on when we could enter the map. Do we have to have Google Chrome? I don't have that.

[Andorinha]

Yeah I can run the short advert on the map and zoom in a few places -- looks kool, but it says I do not have the correct browser to use the program -- so I bet we would have to load Chrome to use the maps and play the instances?