Google Earth Ocean Floor Lines
Weirdness on the ocean floor.
Google earth ocean floor lines. This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own. In fact google ocean an extension of map program google earth was merely displaying a data artifact from the sonar method that oceanographers use to map the seafloor. Wednesday 28th january 2009 by james turnbull.
With the advent of online mapping tools such as google earth exploring our planet is easier than ever before. The google earth data right is clearly higher resolution than that version of the scripps map left. There s some odd sightings on the ocean floor thanks to the much improved ocean surface depth images that were added to google earth and maps last week. All those straight lines with identical patterns that you see crisscrossing the ocean floor in google maps or google earth are fake.
Explore the ocean seafloor with columbia university s lamont doherty earth observatory global multi resolution topography gmrt synthesis covering half of a. Adding a photo to a place. With legions of people around the world now exploring the seafloor many are noticing locations along the ocean bottom marked by mysterious formations of grid like artifacts. Adding street view and a 3d view to a google earth project.
Adding placemarks and lines to google earth. The scripps sea floor map has also been used to discover a new microplate in the indian ocean. The only true things are the huge general shapes of the continental shelves and the giant undersea mountain ranges. Recently many of these tools have been updated to provide detailed seafloor mapping data or bathymetry.