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Trail Me Up – StreetView for park trails
- brentm 13y agoMoving forward makes me feel a little bit too much like I've just tripped and am about to head plant into some rocks.
- roadup 13y agoI think they're trying to replicate the zoomy scoot forward effect Google does with Street View. I'm not certain that would work well with windy trails, though. A crossfade might work better.
- digitalengineer 13y agoGod, I read 'TrailerParks at first!
- tejaswiy 13y agoWay cool. How was this implemented? Someone hiking all these trails carrying photography gear?
- d4mi3n 13y agoLooking at the "street view", it seems they had some sort of robot on treads taking shots with a camera. Seems reminiscent of some of the mars rovers.
- maxerickson 13y agoI see the shadow of a human wearing a backpack. Some of the photos have hair in them.
- hnriot 13y agoHaha, yes some sort of "robot" - it's a humanoid carbon unit with a backpack :)
- scoot 13y agoIf you 'look' straight down, you'll get your answer (the top of someone's head gives the game away!)
- MoOmer 13y agoDisclaimer: I work for one of General Mills' AORs, but if you like this, Nature Valley has been working on something similar for quite a while now: http://www.naturevalleytrailview.com/ http://www.naturevalleytrailview.com/
- armenarmen 13y agoop, would you be willing to license this for a different vertical?
- hnriot 13y agoControls on mobile are backwards, up goes down and laterally inverted too.
- coherentpony 13y agoI like the idea but it makes me feel queasy :/
- ChrisNorstrom 13y agoVery nice. It's sites like these that I love to spend a few hours on. I just wish there were a list with thumbnails for all the trails. Clicking on them one by one on the map isn't efficient or friendly. I love seeing parts of the world I'll probably never visit or am too afraid to visit. And the resolution is possibly the highest quality I've seen. Although it does take a bit to load.