This man walked 500,000km to bring Thailand’s Google Street View to life

Want to relive your trip to Thailand or travel to your bucket list destination without leaving home? Pay close attention to these photos. (Google/ Mashable)

Updated on: Apr 05, 2016 8:15 AM IST

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Want to relive your trip to Thailand or travel to your bucket list destination without leaving home? Pay close attention to these photos. (Google/ Mashable)

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Google Maps has captured images (like this one, right here) of more than 150 places and landmarks across Thailand for armchair travellers. (Google/ Mashable)

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Thailand is the latest country to be captured by the Google Maps Street View service, which currently stands at more than 65 countries. (Google/ Mashable)

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

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The herculean task of charting the country’s iconic landmarks and most stunning landscapes were given to Thai triathlete Panupong Luangsa-ard. (Google/ Mashable)

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Luangsa-ard traveled an estimated 500,000 km, 500 km of it on foot, reported Mashable. (Google/ Mashable)

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For two years, the trekker traipsed through rolling hills, forests, tropical beaches, strawberry plantations, rice terraces and ancient ruins carrying an 18kg-backpack to capture 360-degree panoramic footage. (Google/ Mashable)

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Highlights include the ruins of Wat Chaiwatthanaram Temple, a mystical Buddhist temple at Ayutthaya Historical Park. (Google/ Mashable)

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Photos also provide impressively life-like close-ups of The Sanctuary of Truth, a temple made entirely of wood outside Bangkok, and Ancient Siam, known as the world’s largest outdoor museum. (Google/ Mashable)

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Stroll along Thailands’s beaches and tea gardens with these Google’s Street View images. (Google/ Mashable)

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Before Thailand, Google also released new images captured for Sri Lanka and South Africa. (Google/ Mashable)