Ocean : Google Earth 5

Wednesday 4 February 2009

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Ocean : Google Earth 5

Google Maps and Google Earth as visualization tools for marine data


Ocean : Google Earth 5: Google Maps and Google Earth as visualization tools for marine data, Thailand-World Guide

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Google Maps and Google Earth as visualization tools for marine data

Google Maps -GM- on the web and Google Earth -GE- as a 3D interactive atlas software application are ideal tools for sharing geographical information in a simple way. GE as a mass-market visualization product is definitely a new step in the evolution of mapping and GIS, especially in the way it can be used with a couple of mouse clicks by anybody not expert in cartography.

So this webpage is the MIS contribution to this unique method of information gathering to share detailed information in the marine domain waiting Google 3D Maps for Oceans, may be with Google Oceans as a product name, but name can change on its launch -probably on the 2^nd of February, 2009-, the future release of the Google project under research to create visualization tools for marine data throughout the world and will enable users to navigate below the sea surface. -CNET article-