Putah Creek

The Putah Creek Council took a page from Google's book and implemented a 360 degree virtual tour of the creek.

Blakey spent six days capturing photographs along the creek using a remote-control, computer-driven camera and still cameras. The 360-degree images are actually six frames stitched together.

To better replicate what it's like for a person to hear birds chattering or water running over rocks while standing beside the creek, he placed microphones designed for live theater inside the rubber ears of a hairdresser's mannequin head.

This is suppose to help people figure out where they can access the creek, where they can boat, fish, etc. But, really why bother when you can do almost all of it from your couch?

Check it out here.