Google Captures 'Street View' of Underwater Habitats 66
hypnosec writes "Google has released the first-ever underwater 'street view' images of some of the world's most famous undersea locations — the Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii's Hanauma Bay, and Apo Island in the Philippines. Google collaborated with Caitlin Seaview Survey using a specialized SVII camera to capture the amazing underwater images. The camera travels at 2.5 mph, capturing a 360-degree panorama with geolocation information and a compass heading every 3 seconds."
Check it out.
Your move, Apple. (Score:4, Funny)
Your move, Apple.
Re:Your move, Apple. (Score:5, Funny)
Apple was actually first on this, with their mapping of sub-oceanic starbucks.
Damn it! (Score:5, Funny)
I want my home pixelated!
-Signed, a mollusc.
Re:Your move, Apple. (Score:5, Funny)
Your move, Apple.
In other news, hot-on-the-heels of Google's release of Underwater Street View, Apple has filed a preliminary injunction against USW claiming Google's use of the the terms "Street" and "Ocean" violate 14 of Apple's patents. Among them, Apple cites two in particular: patent 1345-B which covers the use of "Words relating to rectangular shape or design" and patent 3821-F "Color variations of AppleBlue-13 developed by Apple Inc". A preliminary hearing is set for Dec 13th 2012.