Google announced Wednesday the launch on its Google Maps of panoramic images of twenty sites throughout the Gorge.  The images were captured through the Google Maps Trekker program…which consists of 15 lenses at the top of a mast, each angled to provide a 360-degree panoramic view.  Hood River County Chamber of Commerce volunteers were outfitted with wearable Trekker backpacks, and then set out on foot to capture some of the Gorge’s most spectacular areas.  The Columbia River Gorge is the first region in the Pacific Northwest to be highlighted by Google Maps Trekker.