Street View guy walked 500,000 km to capture Thailand's countryside

For over two years, Google has been sending people into further flung places to capture as much of the earth as it can for its Street View service.

Not everywhere can be captured by car, so intrepid trekkers are sent out on foot with a special backpack with a 360-degree camera.

In Thailand, the fruit of that labour has largely been thanks to work of one guy, Google tells Mashable. 

On Monday, Google added 150 new places of interest in the Land of a Thousand Smiles, including the Sukhothai Historical Park and ancient temples at Ayutthaya. Read more...