Google's latest Chrome Experiment shows off an eagle's eye view of Middle-earth

Google has long used its Chrome Experiments as a way to show off the power of browser-based apps, and the latest one should appeal to fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson's set of Middle-earth films. The new "Journey through Middle-earth" Chrome Experiment (first shown off at Google I/O in May) lets users view an interactive map of Tolkien's world and zoom in on relevant locations from Jackson's trilogy of films based on The Hobbit. At a high level, you can zoom through an eagle's-eye, Googl...