Google Ocean

- Plans began in April 2008CNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Will map underwater topographyCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Allow users to visit particular attractions or exploreCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Oceanography researchers support the concept as a useful toolCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Layers could include weather patterns, currents, temperatures, shipwrecks, coral reefs and algae bloomsCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Only a small portion of the ocean floor has been mapped to dateCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Likely to use a predicted depth mapCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
- Speculated launch date of February 2, 2009CNET News: Al Gore headlining Google event: Google Ocean? (January 23, 2009)

Google Ocean is a planned product from Google that will provide realistic 3D maps of the surface of the Earth's oceans. In January 2009 it was announced that Al Gore would be headlining a Google Earth event where a major announcement would be made. Speculation ensued that Google Ocean would be ready for launch at that time.CNET News: Al Gore headlining Google event: Google Ocean? (January 23, 2009)
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"Google will basically just provide the field and then everyone will come flocking to it. There will be peer pressure to encourage people to get their data out there." - Stephen P. Miller, head of the Geological Data Center at the Scripps Institution of OceanographyCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)
"We hope that one of the outcomes of Google Ocean will be an understanding of how much remains to be explored. We know far more about the surface of Mars from a few weeks of radar surveying in orbit than we know of the bottom of the ocean after two centuries." - Stephen P. MillerCNET News: Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans (April 30, 2008)

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- Google to lay ocean floor cable in southeast Asia | dailyQi
  
  Google in its quest for ever more bandwidth to carry its Internet search results, YouTube videos and the accompanying advertisements will lay down more tha... (December 22, 2009)
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- Top 10 Google Earth Blog stories in 2009 | Google Earth Blog
  
  Google Earth 5 Released: One of Google's big releases this year was the introduction of Google Earth 5. With it came Google Ocean, Historical Imagery, Tours and Google Mars. It's hard to believe we didn't have any of those features .... (December 21, 2009)
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  The Victoria to Maui International Yacht Race, first contested in 1968, is the pinnacle of Pacific Northwest ocean racing. Vic-Maui runs every second year, starting in June or July off Victoria, British Columbia and finishing near ..... (December 22, 2009)
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  But as a long-time supporter of open approaches, I feel like Google does pretty well for a tech behemoth. There are an ocean of dubious things they could do and don't. They have open-sourced quite a bit, including Chrome and A... (December 22, 2009)
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Google Ocean Questions
- Why use Google Earth when you can use Google Maps? 3 Answers
  
  Google Maps is designed mostly for directions. Added bonus: it has satellite and terrain imagery. Google Earth, on the other hand, is designed to view the globe... read more
- What roles does the ocean play in regulating the temperature of the earth? 1 Answer
  
  http://www.savers4free.com/images/src/ocean_waves_free_screensaver/shot.jpg The Earth oceans affects weather and temperature. They balance the temperature by ab... read more
- How hot would the earth become, if it had no ocean? 2 Answers
  
  As noted, the presence or absence of oceans has no direct effect on the amount of energy the earth receives from the sun. However, the absence of oceans implie... read more
- If the earth's mass was 1/3 its current mass would the atmosphere and oceans dry up? 2 Answers
  
  No the Mass is not critical. Even 1/3rd of the Earth is heavy enough to create sufficient gravitational force to keep an ocean there. The atmosphere should be ... read more
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Google Ocean News
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  NORAD says Santa will start his route at the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean and travel west. He'll visit Australia, Japan, Russia, Africa, ... (December 22, 2009)
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  Then the first of a series of cables landed on the East African coast, bringing broadband from across the Indian ocean. We travelled to Kenya and Rwanda to ... (December 23, 2009)
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- Google Twitter Deal Looks Set For Success And Even More Profits
  
  The deal was just a dip in the ocean for Google as it continues to provide new applications and tools to refine search results. With news that the company ... (December 21, 2009)
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- This Year In Clean Energy - What A Ride
  
  Today, more than 25 countries are involved in developing relevant conversion technologies for harnessing ocean renewable resources for electricity ... (December 22, 2009)
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