Google Maps Trike: New 'Street View' Bike Will Map Your Mall (VIDEO)

Google Maps' 'Street View' feature -- which lets you virtually visit just about any block in the world -- is getting even more up close and personal.

The images that make up Google's Street View are culled from cameras mounted on moving Google cars that foot-by-foot, block-by-block snap pictures of neighborhoods, streets, and highways, then overlay them onto Google Maps.

These make for highly detailed maps, but there are also some limits: Google Street View can't show places that are inaccessible by car.

Enter the Google 'Street View trike': a 250 pound, three-wheeled bike mounted with a digital camera. Watch it in the video below!

Google is asking people just like you to nominate which places the Street View trike should go to first.

Here's the list of places they want to document, submit ideas for the most "unique" spots in these categories at www.google.com/trike.

• Parks & Trails
• University Campuses
• Pedestrian Malls (e.g., outdoor shopping areas, boardwalks)
• Theme Parks & Zoos
• Landmarks
• Sports Venues (e.g., golf courses, racing tracks, stadium grounds)


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Comments

[James Hay]

01:12 AM on 03/13/2010

If only they would use video, check this out::

www.slopeviews.com/onsnow-beta

[cjm1000]

03:13 PM on 12/04/2009

hey, how about finishing the road maps first?

[dadw5boys]

08:38 AM on 10/18/2009

Great can't wait for "River Views" so we can plan Kayak trips and not be suprized by old structures that block the river and create dangerous problems.

[zsja]

04:47 PM on 10/16/2009

the old gothic quarter in Barcelona! all pedestrian, old city centers, for that matter.

[Mapper99]

12:41 PM on 10/16/2009

Very Cool! I have nominated Whistler BC Ski Slopes just in time for the Olympics! You can see Whistler, BC, Canada on Google Street View already: http://streetviewgallery.corank.com/

[Jason970]

12:53 PM on 03/13/2010

You can see the Whistler slopes in 360° video at http://www.slopeviews.com/onsnow-beta.

River views is coming soon too!