For all its planes and vans, there had been places even Google could not reach, from ski pistes and mountain tracks to the depths of the jungle.
But it seems there really is nowhere the online giant won't seek to chart.
In its determination to map the world, Google has unleashed its latest gadget a backpack camera.
The device, a more portable version of its controversial Street View cameras, is able to go 'offroad', potentially photographing and mapping everywhere from the base of the Grand Canyon to the top of Everest.
Campaigners have warned that privacy risks being sacrificed in a commercial race between Google and its rival Apple, which unveiled its latest mapping technology yesterday. The two are competing to produce three-dimensional maps and have deployed spy planes to photograph streets and homes. The planes will be able to operate in British skies without special licensing or permits.