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  • Google Maps Takes Street View Under The Sea

    As Google continues to map the Earth, and bring Street View imagery to more exotic places, the company is now tackling the depths of the world’s oceans.

    Google has teamed up with The Catlin Seaview Survey, which studies the world’s reefs, and is contributing photos to Street View. Google says the survey used a specially designed underwater camera, the SVII.

    “Starting today, you can use Google Maps to find a sea turtle swimming among a school of fish, follow a manta ray and experience the reef at sunset—just as I did on my first dive in the Great Barrier Reef last year,” says Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps and Earth. “You can also find out much more about this reef via the World Wonders Project, a website that brings modern and ancient world heritage sites online.”

    Heron Island Resort

    Google Underwater Street View

    Heron Island

    Ancient Boulder Coral

    Boulder Coral

    Snorkelers in Oahu’s Hanauma Bay

    Snorkelers

    Maui’s Crater

    Maui Crater

    Lady Elliot Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Lady Eliot Island

    Lady Eliot Island

    Here are a couple of promo videos for the project. The second one even shows an underwater Google+ Hangout:

  • Google+ Hangouts Move Underwater

    The Catlin Seaview Survey, with the help of award-winning cinematographer and shark researcher Richard Fitzpatrick, are taking Google+ Hangouts under the sea.

    The Catlin Seaview Survey is a research project whose mission is the “carry out the first comprehensive study to document the composition and health of coral reefs on the Great Barrier reef and Coral sea.” They are going deep, very deep to explore how ocean changes are affecting these natural wonders.

    Here’s what they had to say in a Google+ post:

    A few weeks ago, we wanted to see if we could use Google+ to announce the project to a conference in Singapore directly from the ocean floor. It turns out, we could!

    Check out the video from that test below:

    They go on to say that now, they’re opening the Hangout to the masses:

    But why limit that experience to a conference room? Why not invite everyone? We got a lot of questions about how our cameras work and how we’re planning to photograph the reef, so that will be the focus of our first Hangout on Air. Joining us will be Emmy award-winning documentarian +Richard Fitzpatrick from under the sea (with his trusty full-face mask and microphone) and photographers from Sydney & around the world.

    The Catlin Seaview Survey has yet to announce a date and time for the Hangout, so we’ll have to stay tuned to their Google+ page for updates.

    [Image courtesy Catlin Seaview Survey]