The partnership involves NSW National Parks and Wildlife staff wearing a special backpack equipped with the Street View camera system, hiking through various landscapes and capturing 360 degree imagery to map the walks.
Environment Minister Rob Stokes joined one of the first mapping exercises, in Sydney Harbour National Park, earlier this week.
“Over the next few months 16 parks including the Blue Mountains and the world’s second oldest national park, Royal National Park in Sydney’s south, will be mapped by Google and NPWS,” Mr Stokes said.
“The imagery will be stitched into panoramic digital renderings of these walks and then published on Google’s Street View gallery of the world which will be unveiled at the IUCN World Parks Congress hosted in Sydney this November.
“By using the Google Street View Trekker, we can make our parks even more accessible to the public.
"If you've ever dreamed of going to one of our spectacular parks, or are planning a trip, the Street View imagery will give you a way to explore, plan you adventure and learn about the area beforehand," he said.
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