In its attempt to map the world up close and personal, Google has been pedaling its Trike all around the world, taking Street View to places it has never been before. It recently added images of these previously reachable places to Street View in Google Maps.
Introduced in 2009, the Trike is a modified bicycle outfitted with Street View equipment that someone literally needs to pedal around, up, and down paths and sidewalks. With the Trike, Google is able to collect imagery from places its Google car can’t go, such as Champs-Elysées in Paris and Times Square in New York City.
If you’re jealous of the images from the gardens at the San Diego Art Institute and other locations that were previously off limits to the Google Street View cams, don’t be. Goggle offers a solution on its blog: If you are the owner of a private property and would to make your location available for users to explore in Street View, you can invite the world to explore your property through its partner program. So you’ll be able to get your own little garden on the map.
Check out a video of the Trike in action after the jump.
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