Google opens Streetview trekker to the public.

Google is giving just about anyone who's interested and has the right qualifications  a chance to use their trekker equipment used for mapping/taking pictures of places where satellite imagery cant go such as insides of  buildings and some extreme scenery such as mountain ranges, forest reserves, coral reefs, etc. If you love the outdoors, and you love technology this is your opportunity to get up-close and personal with the Google equipment.

It would be nice if relevant Tourism agencies can use this device to show the world the beautiful places in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. we are in the position to change the perspective in which people see our beloved country, the Nigerian Ministry of tourism should seize this opportunity to show what Nigeria has to offer in terms of tourism, the could use this Trekker to show places such as the Obudu Cattle Ranch, the Ikogosi Warm Springs, The Yankari Games Reserves, etc.

The Trekker equipment is basically a backpack equipped with special cameras that act as a personalized version of Google street view cars that allows the wearer to capture a 360 degree view of their environment.Google previously opened the trekker equipment to a few third-party organizations and some of their own employees. All that is about to change now, Google is ready to give other people/organizations a chance with the equipment.To use the trekkers you will have to register on their website and meet the required qualification which is stated on their website as...."if you represent an organization such as a tourism board, non-profit, government agency, university or research group that would like to take photos with the Trekker for future inclusion on Google Maps, please fill out this form". So obviously Google doesn't want to give out these equipment to a bunch of hippies but still they want as many people as possible to get involved with it.