Maureen Oltrogge, who runs public affairs for Grand Canyon National Park, says each year the rangers rescue 200 to 300 hikers from the canyon. Still, some worry that as Google maps the backcountry this way, more and more people will think they can wander into the wilderness with a cellphone and little else. "You may not want to walk off a trail," he laughed. Even more so back here, where a misstep could send you plunging. "If people want to use this to know where to go, it has to be accurate," he said. The final product won't be posted for a few months, but if everything goes well, Falor promised it will be accurate. It will allow anyone who is online - at home or with a smartphone - to virtually peer down the Bright Angel trail and see the sun stream over the rim of the canyon walls. The end result will be a smooth, continuous eye-level view of the trail. "So we have accelerometers, gyros, magnetometer as well as GPS - all of that sensor data is combined to place the images and place the orientation of the images right," Falor said. The Google Trekker team hikes down the Bright Angel trail heading toward the base of the Grand Canyon.
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As the sky lightened, James Hoffacker booted up an Android phone, attached to the other Trekker making the trip.
I want to go places where we can go anyway, but by foot." "We have been working on taking this technology to the trails for a long time. But Vincent was so excited, he was bouncing on the balls of his feet, even with the 40 pounds of gadgets strapped to his back. "This is iconic - this is were we have to go first," Vincent said. And that's what brought Vincent's team to the Grand Canyon. Google plans to use the Trekker to map and photograph places its Street View cars - and tricycles - can't go. On top, there are two black bumps holding the Trekker's twin GPS receivers.Īnd that soccer ball-like thing sits on a metal frame high in the air - above Vincent's head - so it has a clear shot of everything around him. The Trekker has 15 specially designed lenses - carefully arranged inside a custom-made, brightly colored metal ball. Earlier this week, the Google Trekker went on its first real trip.
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