Google is currently planning to map Ellis Island, as well as Liberty Island, in a move which sees Google mapping areas which previously did not have detailed mapping. According to reports, Google plans to get a full 360-degree rotational view of Ellis and Liberty Islands as well as a 3D map of the area.
Using a device called the Trekker, they will be compiling the data and getting the proper images for use on Google Maps. Google uses a variety of other tools in relation to collecting data for Google Maps, some of which collect and gather information from places typically only navigable by foot.
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As Google have said several times before, the Trekker is a device can be strapped to a backpack and used while navigating a territory. The Trekker then stores the data it gathers for use later on in compiling Google maps, as well as Google images.
According to recent reports, as well as Google itself, it will take a number months before the mapping data will be live on Google Maps, as Google still need to map the areas, as well as analyse and compile all the necessary data to provide the images and maps.
Currently, most of New York’s land data has been available on Google Maps and Street View, and has been since about 2007. Most of this data has been in great detail, much like everywhere else that Google has maps for, both Ellis Island and Liberty Island and two areas where Google has so far not been able to map and release for the public’s use.
Liberty island has never been mapped before, because it is run by the National Park Service which had a vast amount of legal hoops for Google to jump through before they could start compiling data.
The mapping of the two islands began on Wednesday, July 23.