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For the first underwater Street View collection, Google partnered with the Catlin Seaview Survey, a group creating a global record of coral reefs. The Catlin Seaview SVII camera weighs 65 kg (143 ...

Our big idea was to take Google Street View underwater. Funded by our founding sponsor XL Catlin we developed a unique underwater camera capable of revealing the oceans in Google Street View. More people went virtual diving in the first month of its launch than have ever been diving in person. The imagery is the most viewed underwater imagery ...

Funded by our founding sponsor, XL Catlin, we developed a unique underwater 360-degree camera (the SVII design) capable of revealing the ocean on the Street View platform. More people went virtual diving in the first week of its launch than have ever been diving in person. The imagery is the most-viewed underwater imagery in history (with views ...

Underwater Earth commenced work back in 2010 with a simple, single-minded vision - to reveal the ocean to the world. ... From this was born our first big idea… taking Google Street View underwater. Fast forward 13 years and our list of activities, outputs and outcomes include: developing our unique underwater camera system ...

Most everyone has heard of Google Maps, and many have used its "Street View" for navigation and directions, which allows the viewer to explore locations as if they were really there.But did you know that Google also offers "Street View Oceans" of underwater locations?In an effort to document the Great Barrier Reef coral population off the coast of Australia, Google teamed up with the Catlin ...

We’re partnering with The Catlin Seaview Survey, a major scientific study of the world’s reefs, to make these amazing images available to millions of people through the Street View feature of Google Maps.The Catlin Seaview Survey used a specially designed underwater camera, the SVII, to capture these photos. Whether you’re a marine biologist, an avid scuba diver or a landlocked ...

Underwater Earth is an Australian non-profit, established in 2010, with a global focus - to reveal the ocean to the world using creative storytelling combined with innovative technology. We are the team behind Google Street View underwater and inventors of the SVII camera.

Google’s underwater Street View camera has three cameras on its front and takes images every three seconds. One of the cameras points downward, because that’s how images during reef surveys ...

What is Google Underwater Street View? Google Underwater Street View is a feature that allows users to explore underwater locations through 360-degree imagery. How do I know where underwater mapping is available? Look for blue lines or dots in bodies of water on Google Maps. These indicate where underwater Street View is available.

To pull of this feat Google has partnered with the Catlin Seaview Survey, who have built an incredible camera called the SVII (Seaview II) which does for the underwater what Google’s Street View cameras do for dry land. Together, their goal is to bring unprecedented accessibility to our Earth’s oceans through ‘virtual diving’.

Underwater Earth was part of the team that brought Google Street View underwater. It developed XL Caitlin, an underwater camera that makes it possible for Google to create navigable photographs with 360-degree panoramic vision of underwater life, just like how people experience Street View. People can also zoom in or out of a viewing point.

Google recently unveiled some new underwater locations for Google Maps, where users can explore panoramic views of ocean life and coral reefs from around the world using Street View 21 / 21

Underwater Street View. The challenges we've faced and resulting solutions when capturing underwater 360-degree tours. Guides January 10, 2020. ... Light behaves differently in water and differences in light on either side of the camera cause issues during stitching, including stitch lines in the photo and focus problems (blurring of photo). ...

Recently, they added 40 new locations. Google Maps has joined forces with XL Catlin Seaview Survey, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the Chagos Conservation Trust to release Street View imagery of more than 40 underwater spots around the World. Divers take SVII cameras on their dives to catch just amazingly breathtaking footage.

Meanwhile on the mapping from, Google this week also announced plans to launch a new Street View app with 360-degree camera support for viewing and shooting so-called photo spheres.

Google's Street View cameras have captured plenty of underwater creatures alongside the stunning backdrops: you can click around to view sea turtles, humpback whales, great white sharks and the giant sunfish.You rarely get a glimpse of such exotic wildlife on the roads and avenues that make up the standard part of the Street View service.

Google’s underwater Street View camera has three cameras on its front and takes images every three seconds. One of the cameras points downward, because that’s how images during reef surveys ...

google maps underwater street view. ... a submersible underwater camera equipped with three high-resolution wide-angle lenses captured 24 megapixel photographs from each lens every four seconds ...

Google Underwater View. Thursday, 17th April 2014 by Ian Brown. The latest frontier for Google's Street View technology is underwater.Cameras have visited quite a number of popular diving and snorkelling locations, giving us spectacular imagery of sea life and coral reefs.

For five years, the Coral City Camera has given viewers a live look at aquatic reef life near Miami. It's documented the declining conditions and shown a surprising vitality among some coral species.