Google Maps Checks Everest, Other Mountains Off its 'Bucket List'

Google Maps, the go-to app for finding directions around the globe, is taking its users to a few places most people will never go: on top of the world's tallest mountains. Today, the company released street view-style photos of its hiking team's climb up Aconcagua in South America, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, and Everest Base Camp in Asia.

Google Maps, the go-to app for finding directions around the globe, is taking its users to a few places most people will never go: on top of the world’s tallest mountains.

Today, the company released street view-style photos of its hiking team’s climb up Aconcagua in South America, Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, and Everest Base Camp in Asia.

Google’s hikers took the photos using a digital camera with a fisheye lens that was perched on a lightweight tripod.

The photos are the next installment in a series of maps that offer 360-degree views of natural wonders like the

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