‘Google Earth’ lets users go underwater
Google Earth is already pretty amazing but now not only can you zoom in on your front yard but also dive down underwater!
A new giant Google has been launched to let users explore the depths of the world’s oceans from the comfort of their homes on dry land.
The “Ocean in Google Earth” feature will allow users to “dive beneath the water surface, explore 3D underwater terrain and browse ocean-related content contributed by marine scientists”, Google said.
“Google Earth is equipping itself with a new dimension: depth,” Jean-Francois Wassong, an engineer at Google France, said.
Nearly four years after Google Earth enabled users to zoom in to view streets, and later explore galaxies in the sky, the latest version of the software allows virtual travellers to dart across miles of unchartered territory underwater.
“Oceans cover more than 70 per cent of the planet’s surface but only a little bit has been explored,” said Florence Diss, head of Google’s geographical partnerships, referring to findings that humans have examined just 5 per cent of world’s seas.