Drive South Africa want to capture 360 degree Street View images of South Africa’s most popular hiking trails and historic sites – and they want your help to do it.
The company has put the call out for volunteers to capture the best points of interest, hiking trials and historical points. You can even nominate your owns favourite trails for capture.
Andre Van Kets, co-founder of Drive South Africa, who is heading up the #TrekSouthAfrica campaign, explains that it hopes to get locals from across the country to assist in mapping out SA’s trails and tourist attractions.
“We have an epic six-month trip planned, with over 20 national parks, eight UNESCO World and many other wonderful destinations in all nine provinces on our schedule. We want to engage with individuals and local communities along the way, so that we can bring Mzansi’s best attractions to Google Street View,” Van Kets said.
“We’re looking for people to suggest highlights in their areas, help us trek their neck of the woods and ultimately be a part of this exciting project. We want this to be a campaign by South Africans from all walks of life.”
He added that each location will be captured with Google’s Street View Trekker, a wearable backpack topped with a camera system designed by Google.
Each camera weighs about 18kg, has 15 five-megapixel cameras and takes a full panoramic photo every 2.5 seconds.
For more information on how to get involved and to nominate your favourite spots, just head to the official website.
[Image – Supplied/Liz Fish]
