Thursday, September 27, 2012

Street View goes underwater

Street View goes underwater:

Yesterday Google released Street View imagery for a few new countries, but they also released their first ever underwater imagery -- and it looks amazing!


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As reported on the Google Lat Long Blog, the new imagery is thanks to a partnership with The Catlin Seaview Survey. For now you can find it in Google Maps but it's not yet available in Google Earth. I expect it will be soon, but no word on it yet.


In the meantime, here are some great sights to see:


Swim with a turtle

Follow a manta ray

Watch a sunset

Dive in Maui's Molokini crater

Snorkel in Oahu's Hanauma Bay


They've also posted a video that shows how the imagery was captured, which involved a special camera called the SVII.



When you notice the imagery finally appear in Google Earth, please leave a comment below and let us know. For more, check out the full post on the Google Lat Long Blog.




DIGITAL JUICE

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