Google Maps takes Street View underwater
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Google Maps visitors can now virtually "walk" along certain reefs through Street View using the same interface for city streets and neighborhoods above sea level
Users can move to different areas of the reef and pan around or zoom in on each one in 360 degrees to spot sea turtles, manta rays, living coral, and even some accompanying divers and snorkelers
Google Maps now lets users virtually "walk" underwater in Street View to see panoramic views of ocean life and coral reefs from around the world
Users can move to different areas of the reef and pan around or zoom in on each one in 360 degrees to spot sea turtles, manta rays, living coral, and even some accompanying divers and snorkelers
Google Maps now lets users virtually "walk" underwater in Street View to see panoramic views of ocean life and coral reefs from around the world
Google Maps visitors can now virtually "walk" along certain reefs through Street View using the same interface for city streets and neighborhoods above sea level
The SVII is also the world's first underwater, tablet-operated camera, which allows the scientists gathering the images to access various data they've already collected while in the middle of a dive
Armed with an SVII camera attached to an undersea vehicle, the team was able to record continuous 360-degree images while drifting through the water
Armed with an SVII camera attached to an undersea vehicle, the team was able to record continuous 360-degree images while drifting through the water
Future expeditions will also employ diving robots and special instruments for deep reef surveys, which could lead to the discovery of new species
To capture these stunning panoramic views, Google partnered with the Catlin Seaview Survey, a project devoted to documenting the ocean reefs using the latest technology
To capture these stunning panoramic views, Google partnered with the Catlin Seaview Survey, a project devoted to documenting the ocean reefs using the latest technology
The process results in 50,000 images per area, which link together to form a full panoramic view that can be explored in Google Maps
The process results in 50,000 images per area, which link together to form a full panoramic view that can be explored in Google Maps
Researchers plan to revisit the same locations as well as others to not only record the state of the reefs for future generations, but also to see how the reefs are responding to changes in the environment over time
Armed with an SVII camera attached to an undersea vehicle, the team was able to record continuous 360-degree images while drifting through the water
The crew visited six different reefs: two in Australia (Heron Island and Lady Elliot Island), two in Hawaii (Molokini Crater and Hanauma Bay), and two in the Philippines (the Apo Islands and Wilson Island)
The crew visited six different reefs: two in Australia (Heron Island and Lady Elliot Island), two in Hawaii (Molokini Crater and Hanauma Bay), and two in the Philippines (the Apo Islands and Wilson Island)
Users can move to different areas of the reef and pan around or zoom in on each one in 360 degrees to spot sea turtles, manta rays, living coral, and even some accompanying divers and snorkelers
Google recently unveiled some new underwater locations for Google Maps, where users can explore panoramic views of ocean life and coral reefs from around the world using Street View
Google recently unveiled some new underwater locations for Google Maps, where users can explore panoramic views of ocean life and coral reefs from around the world using Street View
Article Summary
Since its creation, Google Maps has proven again and again how devoted it is to digitizing as much of the world's surface as possible. But while the company may have covered a huge chunk of the Earth from hiking trails to snow covered slopes, it has yet to tackle the 71 percent of the planet that is covered by oceans ... until now. Google recently unveiled some new underwater locations for Google Maps, where users can explore panoramic views of ocean life and coral reefs from around the world using Street View.
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