The inclusion of environmental information forms the latest part of the company's plan to offer the public more data about climate change. "There are big voids everywhere, but there are a few little spots where we know quite a lot." "This is the part that's really exciting, for me: people will understand that we know almost nothing about a lot of these places, and Google will do it for us," said David Sandwell, professor of geophysics at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography, at the University of California, San Diego. To showcase the transformation, the site's chief executive, Eric Schmidt, will introduce dignitaries including the former US vice president and environmental campaigner Al Gore, and the veteran oceanographer Sylvia Earle, who is an "explorer-in-residence" at National Geographic.Īlthough, so far, there has been only limited data collected about the sea floor, with just 10% of the habitat mapped at any useful scale for science, bathymetry experts said that the public's ability to "interact" with the oceans and gain better understanding, as well as see the evidence of global warming, could have quite an impact on perceptions.
They will also provide detailed environmental data that will enhance information about the effect of climate change on the world's seas and oceans. The new additions to the program are expected to include views of the ocean, and portions of the seabed. The existing site, to which an estimated 400 million people have had access, already includes three-dimensional representations of large cities around the world and includes images from street-level and aerial photography covering thousands of miles across Britain and elsewhere. The move will take Google Earth closer to its aim of creating a complete digital representation of the planet. You don't have to be an aquatics enthusiast to get lost in the sea of images and array of wildlife, which include sea turtles from the Great Barrier Reef, spinner dolphins from Canal da Sela Ginete and humpback whales from the Cook Islands.Now the internet company plans to take on one of the last bastions of the unknown: the depths of the ocean.Īt a high-profile event in San Francisco, Google is expected to announce the addition of vast amounts of underwater imagery and seabed maps to the Google Earth project. According to their site, Google will continue to work with XL Caitlin Seaview Survey to map and publish more imagery in the future. For example, documenting underwater sites such as the Great Barrier Reef can make it easier to see the yearly impacts of climate change. Everest.Īccording to Google, each image is a "GPS-located digital record", which can be used as a "baseline" to look at changes over time. Google Earth Outreach has made headlines for helping communities around the world use the Google Earth and Google Map tools for a wide variety of purposes, like visualizing the global fishing fleet or showcasing the culture of the Sherpa tribes of Mt. According to a post on Google Maps' blog, the project is a part of a four-year partnership with Google Earth Outreach, XL Caitlin Seaview Survey and NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. You can partake in rich, panoramic views of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Crystal Bay in Fiji, and the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, among other locations.
In honor of World Oceans Day on June 8, Google added 40 underwater locations to Street View on Thursday. Fans of Finding Nemo and Jacques Costeau can rejoice: Google's Street View is taking a deep dive under the sea.
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