If you're not traveling to Brazil for the Summer Olympics, you can still explore the
geography and culture of Rio de Janeiro, courtesy of Google.
Rio: Beyond the Map, released to the public July 29, deftly blends archival materials with stunning video, interactive media and profiles of artistic Cariocas, as natives of Rio de Janeiro are called.
The project's title alludes to Rio's favelas, the poorly mapped neighborhoods where 1.4 million people, or 20 percent of the city's population, live without addresses, according to Google's blog post about the project. Mapping these regions is part of another Google initiative, the "On the Map" project. [14 Strangest Sights on Google Earth https://www.livescience.com/55614-google-virtual-reality-rio-de-j
