Street View goes on a road trip through California's national parks

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/street-view-goes-on-r...

There's a nice walk you can take through the bamboo forrest in Kyoto:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E5%B5%90%E5%B1%B1%E3%80%80%E...

What's sad, though, is that are there roads (and parking lots) in those places... The streetviews just sort of rub it in. :(

A backpack-cam, on the other hand would be great, and give a much truer sense of what it's like to be out there in the middle of nowhere.

Well, here you are: http://www.togtech.com/trekker-google-streetview-camera-in-a...

That's actually not a bad idea - Google sponsored hikes.

I was at an arduino talk at last year's BaaCamp in Auckland, NZ and there was a guy who had made his own street view style cam for capturing hiking trails using arduino and some cameras. Very cool, imagine he's not the only one either.

"BaaCamp" excellent name. Can't beat kiwi humor, without a shepherd's staff.

Do you have a link? (thanks!)