Images
of the Grand Canyon are the first to be taken by the company's Trekker
platform, which allows workers on foot to collect 360 degree imagery
with a back-pack mounted camera system.
'Our team strapped on the
Android-operated 40lb backpacks carrying the 15-lens camera system and
wound along the rocky terrain on foot, enduring temperature swings and a
few muscle cramps along the way,' Mr Falor said.
Google's
Trekker cameras capture images every 2.5 seconds with 15 cameras that
are 5MP each. A removable hard drive on the trekker stores the data as
it is gathered.
GPS data
around the Grand Canyon is limited, so Google was forced to compensate
with sensors to record temperature, vibrations and the orientation of
the device as it changes. These details were essential to developers
given the job of stitching them back together into seamless, scrollable
panoramas.
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