Soon, people around the world will be able stroll Southwest Florida beaches virtually.
It’s coming courtesy of a Google and Visit Florida photo-mapping project that documented Lee and Collier county shorelines last week.
The statewide campaign ends with a splash on Miami’s famed South Beach early next month.
The end result will be 360-degree panoramic views of Florida beaches — some 825 miles of them — available to Web surfers 24/7.
Think Google Street View, in which users see places they are going before they arrive, minus the streets.
The photo crews — called trekkers — walk the beaches carrying 15 cameras embedded in a watermelon-size orb perched just above their heads
Source: News-press.com