Google adding trails to Google Maps Street View

Google has sent teams with huge backpacks of their new cameras down the trails in the Grand Canyon to give a Street View of places never seen before by the mapping program. As they continue to expand the scope of their street level mapping, it is inevitable that they will cover places of interest to genealogists.

Operations Manager Steve Silverman (left) and Product Manager Ryan Falor (right)hiking the Bright Angel Trail on the South Rim with Trekkers 

Although this may seem to be another stunt, it foretells a significant expansion of mapping technology.