But Parks Australia Australia, which looks after the country’s natural treasures, has asked tech pioneers to take down images uploaded by users following complaints from indigenous Aboriginal people, the traditional owners of Uluru.
Tourists were banned from passing through the holy site in late 2010, when strangers said visitors were scratching its surface, dumping rubbish and polluting nearby waterholes.
Tourists climb Uluru before the ban is enforced.
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Google “supports this request and is preparing to remove the content,” Parks Australia Australia said in a statement.
“Parks Australia Australia warned Google Australia Australia of user-generated images from the Uluru Summit posted on their mapping platform and requested that the content be removed as per the wishes of Anungu, traditional Uluru owners and national park film and photography.” .
A Google spokesman told CNN in a statement: “We understand that the Uluru-Kata shoe national park is deeply sacred to the uninitiated.”
The company added that Parks Australia Australia removed the image as soon as it raised its concerns about user contributions, but pictures of the summit appeared on the platform on Thursday.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to a place called Ayers Rock every year until October closes in October 2019.
Uluru, 450 kilometers (about 280 miles) west of Alice Springs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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