The UK's beautiful canals and rivers are to make an appearance on Street View, with the Canal & River Trust securing a loan of a portable Google Trekker backpack allowing it to capture imagery on foot.
Typically, Street View gathers its images from a specially equipped car or tricycle, but the country's canal and towpaths don't make that an option. Using the Google Trekker means that someone can walk the route carrying the equipment on their back.
The Trekker is a 1.2-metre backpack weighing 18kg, incorporating a camera with 15 lens angles. It takes a shot every 2.5 seconds and these 360-dregree images are fed back into Google Maps to be stitched together to make the Street View world you're familiar with.
The Canal & Rivers Trust says it is the first organisation in the UK to secure the Trekker, and the first task is to capture the entire length of the Regent's Canal that runs through London.
Typically, Street View gathers its images from a specially equipped car or tricycle, but the country's canal and towpaths don't make that an option. Using the Google Trekker means that someone can walk the route carrying the equipment on their back.
The Trekker is a 1.2-metre backpack weighing 18kg, incorporating a camera with 15 lens angles. It takes a shot every 2.5 seconds and these 360-dregree images are fed back into Google Maps to be stitched together to make the Street View world you're familiar with.
The Canal & Rivers Trust says it is the first organisation in the UK to secure the Trekker, and the first task is to capture the entire length of the Regent's Canal that runs through London.
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