April 13th, 2007

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What can’t Google do?

I ran across this post on the official Google blog today. Google has paired with Trimble Outdoors to create a layer on Google Earth that allows you to pull up hikes that have been loaded into the system. Here is the story -

Hikes on the fly
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 3:19:00 PM
Posted by Larry Fox, Business Development, Trimble Outdoors

Many of you reading this may already know that Trimble Outdoors has partnered with Google to provide Google Earth viewers with GPS-based interactive hiking information. We’re very excited about being able to share all the great GPS content we’ve developed over the years and through partnerships with magazines including Backpacker, Bicycling and Mountain Bike. It’s an outstanding resource for outdoors enthusiasts, or really, anyone who wants to do a little research before setting out on a hike. You can access lots of multimedia info on fitness and outdoor adventures, including routes, points of interest, pictures, video segments and even audio clips. Essentially, anytime, anywhere you can launch Google Earth, you can view hundreds of hikes that have already been logged and completed, and view personalized web content. Then, through the convergence of Trimble Outdoors’ technology and Google Earth, you can click one button, and the exact trail route is exported to your GPS-enabled phone.

This partnership between Google Earth and Trimble Outdoors is designed to support the community of outdoor enthusiasts with exciting new ways to explore the earth and share adventure stories online.

This is really sweet. Just load it on your GPS enable phone and you’ve got the route. And its all free!