Google creates virtual 'Street View' tour of Queensland Museum

By Jorge Branco
Updated March 3 2015 - 12:08pm, first published 8:03am
A Google employee walks through Queensland Museum capturing images with an 118-kilogram backpack crammed with 15 cameras. Photo: Supplied
A Google employee walks through Queensland Museum capturing images with an 118-kilogram backpack crammed with 15 cameras. Photo: Supplied
Members of the public will be able to virually walk through Queensland Museum online. Photo: Supplied
Members of the public will be able to virually walk through Queensland Museum online. Photo: Supplied
The Google Street View Trekkers backpack takes a panoramic image every three to five metres. Photo: Supplied
The Google Street View Trekkers backpack takes a panoramic image every three to five metres. Photo: Supplied
It only took a Google employee eight hours to capture enough images for a virtual tour of Queensland Museum.  Photo: Jorge Branco
It only took a Google employee eight hours to capture enough images for a virtual tour of Queensland Museum. Photo: Jorge Branco
A Queensland Museum exhibit captured by Google Street View. Photo: Jorge Branco
A Queensland Museum exhibit captured by Google Street View. Photo: Jorge Branco

It took one man with a funny-looking backpack less than eight hours to help take the Queensland Museum's permanent collections to the world.