Google noted last week that it was “obsessed over building great maps for our users—maps that are totally comprehensive (we’re shooting for literally the whole world), ever more accurate and incredibly easy to navigate.”
We’ve seen this with Google Earth, which offers that bird’s eye view of just about everywhere. On the ground there has been Google Street View as well – but now the company is heading to the trails with Google Street View Trekker, a hi-tech backpack-contained system that will essentially bring Street View to places that can only be reached on foot.
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Google plans to trek the world, so that users can get a view of canyons, national parks, alleyways and passageways in distant cities, as well views of ruins and castles. Images are captured to an Android powered system (obviously), which is worn by a single person hiking. The captured images are stored on a hard drive, and will be eventually uploaded to the Web.
We just wonder if the next step will be going off the beaten path!