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I use Google Maps regularly—not only for mapping and directions, but also when looking up various businesses, attractions, and restaurants. In addition to driving routes, Google Maps provides bus, walking and bike routes—all super helpful when traveling. One of the standout features of Google Maps is their Street View feature (admit it: you’ve zoomed in your house, haven’t you?). Now, Street View just got better—way better.

Originally, Street View imagery was captured by cars and vans with cameras attached, driving around cities and towns, down highways and streets. Now, in addition to the cars, Google has created specially designed tricycles—complete with cameras—that can venture onto hiking trails, into amusement parks and around gardens. Google often hires athletes to power the heavy trikes and capture images where cars can’t go.

Try it out.  Use Street view to explore the gardens at the San Diego Art Institute or have a look around the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, Ireland. The images are impressively crisp and colorful—it’s almost as good as being there. (Almost.)

You can learn more about using Google Street View here: http://tinyurl.com/yuvrlk