WebProNews » Google Ocean http://www.webpronews.com Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & Business Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:52:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Google Earth 5.0 Goes All Out With Proper Ocean http://www.webpronews.com/google-earth-50-goes-all-out-with-proper-ocean-2009-02 http://www.webpronews.com/google-earth-50-goes-all-out-with-proper-ocean-2009-02#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:26:41 +0000 Doug Caverly http://www.webpronews.com/?p=48515 Sylvia Earle, a leading oceanographer, once jokingly suggested to Google Earth and Maps Director John Hanke that the former product should be called "Google Dirt."  She asked, "What about the 3/4 of the planet that is blue?"  Her concerns have been addressed today with the release of Google Earth 5.0.

]]> Sylvia Earle, a leading oceanographer, once jokingly suggested to Google Earth and Maps Director John Hanke that the former product should be called "Google Dirt."  She asked, "What about the 3/4 of the planet that is blue?"  Her concerns have been addressed today with the release of Google Earth 5.0.

Hanke explained in a post on the Official Google Blog, "We have always had a big blue expanse and some low-resolution shading to suggest depth.  But starting today we have a much more detailed bathymetric map (the ocean floor), so you can actually drop below the surface and explore the nooks and crannies of the seafloor in 3D.  While you’re there you can explore thousands of data points including videos and images of ocean life, details on the best surf spots, logs of real ocean expeditions, and much more."

This is all possible thanks to 20 new Google Earth content layers and more than 100 partners.  National Geographic and Planet Earth are a couple of the more impressive names among them.

There are other neat things to see and do in Google Earth 5.0, as well.  A slider bar that allows people to move through images from different eras is definitely interesting; you can view cities erupt or glaciers melt at will.  A touring feature promises to help people share their favorite paths with other users.  And a 3D map of Mars is available for folks who would rather, in a sense, look to the future. 

It’s not hard to guess how Google Earth junkies will using their lunch hours for the foreseeable future.

]]> http://www.webpronews.com/google-earth-50-goes-all-out-with-proper-ocean-2009-02/feed 1 Google Ocean May Be Ready At Last http://www.webpronews.com/google-ocean-may-be-ready-at-last-2009-01 http://www.webpronews.com/google-ocean-may-be-ready-at-last-2009-01#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:32:24 +0000 Doug Caverly http://www.webpronews.com/?p=48430 For fans of certain science fiction television shows, space has long been the final frontier.  But for a particular search giant, Google Sky covered that, and it's instead the task of representing the ocean that has been something of a challenge.  Google may soon address the issue with the help of some fairly important people. 

]]> For fans of certain science fiction television shows, space has long been the final frontier.  But for a particular search giant, Google Sky covered that, and it’s instead the task of representing the ocean that has been something of a challenge.  Google may soon address the issue with the help of some fairly important people. 

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A Google Earth event of some sort is supposed to be held at the California Academy of Sciences on Monday, February 2nd.  This institution contains an aquarium, a planetarium, a natural history museum, and a miniature rainforest, and Eric Schmidt and Marissa Mayer are supposed to show.

What’s more, Al Gore is scheduled to speak.  So this isn’t likely to be a casual let’s-chat, eat-cookies, and-then-go-home type of get-together.

Toss in Sylvia Earle, who served as Chief Scientist of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, founded Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, and is currently a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, and Stephen Shankland asks, "Perhaps this will be the announcement of Google’s work to add 3D ocean maps to Google Earth?"

Or, since February 2nd happens to be the birthday of Brent Spiner, maybe we’ll get both that and some sort of Enterprise simulator.  Hey, you never know.

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