Fifteen-camera 'Trekker' will put five Montreal public spaces on Google Street View this summer - home battery pack
If you meet someone with something that looks Green, don't panic, 15-
This summer, the eyes were on the back of the robot.
Probably the photographer Jean.
François Galipeau.
The thing on his back is a Google Trekker, a 50-Backpack-pound
The installed camera is used to capture the public space in Montreal, and the resulting panoramic images will be used for Google Street View.
A map of the five locations will be drawn: the area surrounding the royal park, the lafandane Park, the Lalonde, the old port and the Olympic Stadium.
"For tourists, this will be a great way to explore before going --
This is a preview of what you might like when you get there, "said Tommy Fafard, founder and president of the local company that took the image.
Over the next five weeks, Galipeau and other coolo360 photographers will start and pause recording using an Android smartphone and monitor images as they move.
The device is equipped with 15 cameras, battery packs and enough disc space to take images for four hours.
Google will stitch the photos together later.
"These images are put into the software to make a" Photo Sphere, "Fafard said ".
"There are two GPS devices at the top of the hikers.
Every picture taken
Every three or four seconds.
A gps location was assigned.
"On the Street View, the face and the license plate will be blurred.
Pictures launched by Google
Collect equipment to help get to places where its Street View cars, tricycles (for alleys), trolleys (for museums) and snow carts (for ski resorts) are not reachable.
Its first project is.
Fafard said pictures of Montreal are expected to be embedded in Google Street View this fall.
Tivo360 has 12 employees in Montreal, and because of the Google loan program, tivo360 borrowed Trekker for five weeks, with organizations around the world helping to collect images under the program.
The company is working on volunteer projects to help promote its business, including taking photos for creating virtual visits to restaurants and shops.
Fafard says the coolo360 is also experimenting with drone photography that can be used to promote resorts and golf courses.