TravelNevada, a state tourism site, has joined a group of marketing organizations to borrow the Google Street View Trekker to collect images of less-traveled areas in Nevada for use on Google Maps. The areas will also be mapped on the TravelNevada Web site and available for use by any participating tourism entity.
The Google Trekker is a 360-degree camera system, made of 15 cameras in a spherical dome, perched atop a metal-framed backpack that can be worn anywhere it can fit. Every two seconds the Trekker cameras take a photo, which are later stitched together, creating the 360-degree images seen on the “street view” section of Google Maps. Check out the Google Street View Trekker experience at www.TravelNevada.com/google-trekker.
