Google Trike

I was musing on posts by a blogger who goes to a lot of effort to document places in and around Toronto. He brings many archive photos into the mix, comparing the views from the past to today.

Now that Google Street View is available in Toronto, it makes you wish someone could take this off-road. Google has taken a step towards this with the Google trike, a vehicle that can reach areas not accessible by car.

The future is to crowd-source the creation of "street" views so that people can photograph, film and document any place they can hike, bike, walk or swim to. Makes you wonder what a device that can do this will look like and how portable and consumer friendly it can be.