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Google Earth Sinks Beneath the Waves

Google have announced its first major upgrade to its global mapping software, Google Earth.   The software includes large areas of the ocean floor and abyssal plains

Users of Google Earth will be able to plunge beneath the oceans surface and then explore in 3D the terrain below.

The maps have been compiled using data from the world’s leading scientists, researchers and ocean explorers.

Al Gore attended the launch in San Francisco and was reported to have said that the update to Google Earth is a “magical experience”.  Google are hoping that this will take it’s mapping software another stop closer to giving total world coverage.

Approximately 70% of the world's surface is covered by water, which contains nearly 80% of all life - yet less than 5% of it has actually been explored.

Google Ocean aims to let users visit some of the more interesting locations, including underwater volcanoes, as well as running videos on marine life, shipwrecks and clips of favourite surf and dive spots.
 
Conservation organisations hope the tool will improve awareness of issues facing undersea life.
 
There are also updates on the terrestrial side, including GPS tracking, virtual time travel (where users can observe changes in satellite images, such as the 2006 World Cup stadium or the desertification of Africa's Lake Chad) and narrated tours of imagery and content in Google Earth.

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