"Google's Street View maps are headed into the backcountry. Earlier this week, two teams from Google strapped on sophisticated backpacks jammed with cameras, gyroscopes and other gadgets and descended to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. But this is just the first step in the search giant's plan to digitally map and photograph the world's wild places."

Steve Henn reports for NPR's All Tech Considered October 24, 2012. [2]

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"Google Cameras Map Popular Grand Canyon Trails" (Associated Press) [3]