Google Trekker recording trails in Spokane area

TRAILS — Volunteers in the Spokane area are packing around the 46-pound Google Trekker to provide Street View documentation of trails in the Spokane area for the world to see.

More on the story later.

Meantime, what’s your take on Street View technology that offers stunning 360-degree imaging of routes on the ground and down rivers?

The technology allows people to plan at home thousands of miles away or come into a new area, punch an app on their smartphones and see in stunning detail local routes they may want to check out.

To date, Google has documented more than 7 million miles of routes in 65 countries on seven continents.