BBC Planet Earth placard from the new Ocean layer in Google Earth 5.0 Ever since yesterday’s release of Google Earth 5.0, I have been trying to convince myself that playing with the new Ocean layer is part of my job. It seems to be working. I’m a graduate student who occasionally gives talks to high . . . → Read More: Broadcast media’s command performance
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By Peter Etnoyer, on  February 3rd, 2009  3 comments  Education, Gadgets & Gear, Organisms  bbc earth, Bob Ballard, Education, google earth, Google Ocean, National Geographic, planet earth, sylvia earle By Peter Etnoyer, on February 2nd, 2009 Leave a comment Gadgets & Gear Google Ocean, Live Blogging, search engine land Search Engine Land writer Danny Sullivan delivers a blow-by-blow overview of a media roll-out as he live blogs the Google Ocean Event at California Academy of Sciences. My favorite quote so far from Sylvia Earle, talking about Google Ocean: “Anyone can discover in a few minutes what took me 50 years to understand.” By Peter Etnoyer, on February 2nd, 2009 7 comments Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Reviews, Scientist!, Uncategorized bathymetry, google earth, Google Ocean, Monterey Canyon, saba bank, seafloor The download of Google Earth 5.0 to Mac OS X is painless, as expected. Ocean lovers will be delighted with the improved seafloor topography. It’s something DSN has been anticipating for a long time now. Last year I ran this story describing the need for the new ocean layer and some of the science behind . . . → Read More: How much better is Google Earth’s new seafloor
By Peter Etnoyer, on February 2nd, 2009 2 comments Cephalopods, Gadgets & Gear, Organisms, Reviews adelita, google earth, Google Ocean, j nichols, satellite telemetry, sea turtle, seafloor Deep Sea News “field correspondent” and good friend Wallace J Nichols is posting links to the first real evidence of Google Earth enhancements. Click here to read today’s blog post about the new contribution from Seaturtle.org. Links at the bottom take you to videos that play through the migration track of J’s first tagged . . . → Read More: Google’s Ocean is trickling in
By Peter Etnoyer, on February 2nd, 2009 6 comments Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Reviews, Uncategorized al gore, earth surfer, google earth, Google Ocean Today is the day of a long awaited event in San Francisco, with repercussions for Google Earth users around the globe. How do I know? My professors are not in their office. They’re off hobnobbing in California. Marine scientists are gathering at California Academy of Sciences for the launch of what folks are calling “Google . . . → Read More: Something big is happening
By Peter Etnoyer, on January 23rd, 2009 4 comments Education, Gadgets & Gear google earth, Google Ocean Something fishy is going on at Google. CNET has the drop once again, putting names like Dr. Sylvia Earle and Former Vice-President Al Gore together in the same story with Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, against a backdrop of the new aquarium at California Academy of Science on February 2nd. They’re teasing us, clearly… could . . . → Read More: Anticipation…
by Peter Etnoyer There’s a lot of anticipation surrounding the Google Ocean project, but so far, we’re all still waiting. Meanwhile, applications are bubbling up through the blogosphere like methane though a cold seep. Ogle Earth and Just Magic have great summaries of available data. Here, I list the Top Five Ways to Pimp your . . . → Read More: Top 5 Ways to Pimp your Google Earth
People seem fascinated by the prospect of purchasing virtual real estate at Second Life, but if you ask me, Google Earth is a better place to stake your claim. For instance, I study deep sea-fans, or gorgonians. Many of these have their first description in the reports of the HMS Challenger expedition 1873-1876. The maps are now online at Google Earth. . . . → Read More: Challenger Expedition on Google Earth
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