A backpack containing a smaller version of the Street View car equipment was shown for the first time today at a google event. It looks like this:

Google Engineering Director Luc Vincent takes the Street View Trekker backpack for a hike. Photo: Google

It has an 15-lens camera that can shoot 46MP images. An Android smartphone plugged into the backpack control the Trekker. It will be used to map out castles, ruins, hiking trails where vehicles can’t go. Google announced this means Street View will come to the Grand Canyon.