{"id":60675,"date":"2012-09-26T10:43:32","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T08:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=60675"},"modified":"2012-09-28T14:33:44","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T12:33:44","slug":"google-maps-heads-underwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/60675-google-maps-heads-underwater.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps heads underwater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><a title=\"Google\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/314567-Google\">Google<\/a>, in partnership with the Catlin Seaview Survey, has shifted from the streets to the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>The new addition to Street View allows users to experience a virtual scuba expedition by providing panoramic views of underwater locales.<\/p>\n<p>Using Catlin Seaview Survey\u2019s underwater camera technology, the on-rails experience uses pictures from the Heron, Lady Elliot and Wilson Islands at the Great Barrier Reef, Molokini Crater and Hanauma Bay in Hawaii, as well as the Apo Islands in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Head over to Google\u2019s new <a title=\"Google Ocean\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/help\/maps\/streetview\/gallery.html#!\/ocean\" target=\"_blank\">Ocean gallery page<\/a>, where you can see all the locations, along with a Google+ hangout at the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n<p>The preview is provided below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7syWPIZt9B4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Source: <a title=\"Google blog\" href=\"http:\/\/google-latlong.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/dive-into-great-barrier-reef-with-first.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google lat-long blog<\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Google Maps visits Antarctica\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/55069-google-maps-visits-antarctica.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google Maps visits Antarctica<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permanent Link to YouTube under threat in Russia\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/60143-youtube-under-threat-in-russia.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">YouTube under threat in Russia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Google has no new map app for Apple\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/60629-google-has-no-new-map-app-for-ios.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Google has no new map app for iOS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"New Maps for iOS: TomTom mum on SA \" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/52457-new-maps-for-ios-tomtom-mum-on-sa.html\"><strong>New Maps for iOS: TomTom mum on SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street View and underwater filming tech combine for a new aquatic experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340900,"featured_media":60683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[167,2272,15741,2270,7979,15743],"class_list":["post-60675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-google-ocean","tag-google-street-view","tag-quicknews","tag-underwater-street-view"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60968,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60675\/revisions\/60968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}