Google Street View Camera Backpack
Here s a glimpse into what the team is doing to bring street view to you.
Google street view camera backpack. Today google announced its upgraded trekker backpack which is significantly smaller and lighter than before. Step 1 collecting imagery first off we need to actually drive around and photograph the locations to show in street view. The street view trekker is essentially a backpack with a built in 360 degree camera hard drive for data storage and batteries to power day long hikes. The 20kg 44 lbs rig is how google gets inside really hard to reach places using humans and cnet s aloysius low gives it a spin in singapore.
Google unveils sleeker street view trekker backpack for capturing 3d images on the go. The google maps team is now slimming down the street view trekker backpack used for capturing 3d imagery on the go. The 3 foot 9 inch high 1 2m trekker consists of 15 cameras in a ball like shape mounted on a pole powered by a computer backpack. The new trekker backpack is a refined upgrade on the old model however google is vague on specific details.
In 2017 google introduced the first major upgrade to street view cars in eight years aimed at capturing higher resolution images. How google brings you street view.