What do you get when you add an additional wheel to a bicycle and slap an omnidirectional camera on top? A Street View Trike, that's what.
While collecting imagery for its Street View project, the folks at Google realized that some places are unreachable with the standard Street View Car, so they imaginary this special trike which can collect imagery from scenic running and cycling trails, college campuses and similar locations.
To keep poor Google trikies (trikists? trikers?) from itinerant around aimlessly, you can tell them of locations worthy of being photographed. You can nominate locations within six categories: Parks & Trails, University Campuses, Pedestrian Malls, Theme Parks & Zoos (ie: outdoor shopping areas, boardwalks), Landmarks and Sports Venues (ie: golf courses, racing tracks, stadium grounds). Nominations are open until Wednesday October 28, 2009 and can be submitted over at www.google.com/trike.
