Google Trekker South Africa - Google Street View Summit 2018 André Van Kets is co-founder and Digital Director of Cape Town based online-travel company Discover Africa Group. Established in 2002, the Discover Africa Group has helped tens of thousands of travellers plan their holidays and safaris to Southern and East Africa. André is a keen hiker, trail runner, swimmer and rider of boards. His zeal for technology and love for the great outdoors inspired him to apply to the Street View Camera Loan Program in 2015. André was accepted to the loan program in 2016, where he coordinated #TrekSouthAfrica - a project that crowdsourced over 200 local volunteers who hiked trails in South Africa’s 19 national parks with the 22kg Google Trekker camera strapped to their backs. The end result? 170 new trails of some of Africa's wildest locations can now be explored via Google Street View.

1. Andre Van Kets
Discover Africa Group
Cape Town, South Africa

3. Ricoh
Theta
http://www.threesixtycameras.com/

4. https://techcrunch.com/

5. https://www.google.com/streetview/loan/

6. Google Trekker Backpack
22 kgs
15 cameras
1 photos every 2.5 seconds
Only Trekker in Africa
Google’s exclusive
Trekker partner in South
Africa.
Source: https://www.localguidesconnec

9. Big Dream
- All 19 National Parks
- 8 UNESCO WH sites
- 15 nature reserves
- 10 tourist attractions
- 3 multi-day hikes
- Trekker “on safari”

10. http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/

11. Project requirements
- 47 locations
- 3-4 days per location
- 6-9 months
- Core team
- Volunteers
- Vehicles & Fuel
- Accommodation & Food
- Equipment
- Permits

12. Funding $$$

14. We got lucky

16. www.southafrica.net

18. http://googletrekkingwith.drivesouthafrica.com/

20. Moments from
the trail

28. And on Street View?

33. https://www.google.com/streetview/#discover-south-africa

34. :)

43. Content For Days….
- 3000+ shots
- 300+ YouTube videos
- 52 live videos
- 6,438 photos
- 495 photospheres
- 59 Timelapses
- 40+ blog posts
- 486 release forms

44. Benefits?

45. #1 Loan partner

46. #2 Google & it’s users

47. #3 South Africa Tourism

48. Tips

49. #1 Creative
#2 Core team
#3 Crowdsource
#4 Collaborate
#5 Camera

50. Future projects?

51. More
than just
parks

52. Trekker?

53. Street View
Car?

54. PHOTO OF TAWANDA
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55. PHOTO OF TAWANDA
http://pricephilippines.info/gopro-fusion-vs-six-top-360-cameras-best-overall-look/

56. Thank you
andre@discoverafrica.com
www.discoverafrica.com/southafrica360

57. Attribution & Links
Slideshare:
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Project related links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki7mhJjpAI8
https://www.google.com/streetview/#discover-south-africa
https://www.discoverafrica.com/southafrica360/
http://www.southafrica.net/
http://googletrekkingwith.drivesouthafrica.com/
https://discoverafricagroup.com/
https://www.discoverafrica.com/
https://www.drivesouthafrica.com/
Image attribution:
http://www.threesixtycameras.com/ricoh-theta-v-specs-examples/
https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/27/google-looking-for-groups-to-provide-the-next-hikers-to-don-trekker-street-view-backpack/
https://www.google.com/streetview/loan/
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/COMO-FUNCIONA-GOOGLE-TREKKER/td-p/842709
http://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/united-states/south-africa
http://pricephilippines.info/gopro-fusion-vs-six-top-360-cameras-best-overall-look/