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Celebrate World Oceans Day with the Catlin Seaview Survey

by Timothy Whitehead on Jun.09, 2015, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

Yesterday, June 8th was World Oceans Day. What better way to celebrate it than to look at Street View under the oceans, a feature first introduced in 2012. Google, in conjunction with the XL Catlin Seaview Survey team have recently released 40 new underwater Street View locations. In addition, the Google LatLong blog is releasing a series of articles by members of the XL Catlin Seaview Survey team.

The blue markers for some of new imagery do not yet show in either Google Maps or Google Earth, so we recommend for now using the map in the Google LatLong blog post to find and explore some of the new locations.


A reef in the Solomon Islands.

Mantis Reef
Mantis Reef (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)

Google or the XL Catlin Seaview Survey team needs to develop a smaller camera system that can be remote controlled so that it doesn’t scare off the fish. Nearly everywhere you look in the imagery, there are shoals of interesting fish in the distance, but finding close up shots is really difficult. Clearly they are a bit camera shy, presumably because of the size of the Street View camera plus diver.

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More underwater maps to explore in Street View

by Mickey Mellen on Jun.10, 2014, under 3D Models, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, California, Denmark, England, Germany, Google Earth News, Google Earth Tips, Google Sky, Google maps, Hawaii, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Natural Landmarks, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Street Views, USA

Back in 2012, Google released some amazing underwater Street View imagery from a few areas around the world. As part of World Oceans Day last Sunday, Google has released some additional underwater Street View imagery that is equally stunning. In partnership with the Catlin Seaview Survey, you can now dive and explore some additional locations in Belize and the Philippines including the Belize Barrier Reef and Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park.

belize street view

From the Google Lat Long Blog:

The Catlin Seaview Survey team has documented many underwater locales around the world using their 360-degree panoramic SVII cameras, including a growing number of UNESCO Marine World Heritage Sites. We’ll continue to add this imagery to Street View in Google Maps as it’s collected. In the spirit of World Oceans Day, the goal of this project is to expose the world to the beauty of these marine habitats, and to create a scientific baseline record so that their changing health can be monitored over time.

To learn more about these new additions, check out the full article on the Lat Long Blog or explore Google’s entire collection of underwater Street View imagery at maps.google.com/ocean.

You can also check out this article from last year that discusses some of the technical hurdles that they face when working to capture this kind of imagery.

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