From the Taj Mahal to the canals of Venice, Mount Fuji to the Grand Canyon, Google's Street View cameras have been around the world and back again. They've covered most of Europe, but there's still one place Google's cameras have yet to explore: the Faroe Islands.

Located in the North Atlantic, this collection of 18 islands is almost the definition of remote. In fact, with a population of less than 50,000, the hidden Nordic nation boasts more sheep than people. Now, one Faroese woman named Durita Dahl Andreassen wants Google to put these so-called "Sheep Islands" on the map.

Andreassen launched a petition asking the Web giant to map the Faroe Islands. She's already started taking matters into her own hands, creating her own version of Street View, which she calls "Sheep View 360."

"I gently placed a 360-degree camera, powered by a solar panel, on the back of a sheep that would take photographs as the animal freely grazed the open hillsides," Andreassen explained in the petition. "Photos are then transmitted back to my mobile phone so that I can upload them to Google Street View myself."

Andreassen said her sheep-mounted cameras (see them in the video below) are great for capturing tracks and trails, but acknowledged their limitations. "To cover the big sweeping Faroese roads and … breathtaking landscapes, we need Google to come and map them," she wrote.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but showed its support for the mapping effort in a tweet, which you can see below. You can show your support by signing the petition.

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