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Google Earth Maps

By admin - Posted on 29 May 2009

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If you've ever used Google Earth you know how stunning it is to be able to "fly" to any location on the globe and explore the local topography.

But you've probably noticed that Google Earth doesn't have underwater data.

Now you can "see" underwater with a bathymetric overlay that you can view in Google Earth. It's the same data used in SeaDoc's beautiful wall map, but it's an entirely different experience to move through the underwater landscape instead of just looking at it in two dimensions.

Curious what this might look like? We have a low-resolution movie that takes you on a flying journey from Friday Harbor to Eastsound. It's grainy (unlike the real thing).

Watch the "flythrough" movie.

Or you can go straight to our page of Google Earth overlays showing seafloor geography.

Complete instructions are on that page. You'll need to install Google Earth on your computer (it's free) and then download the overlay map. The files are big, so you'll want to make sure you're on a fast internet connection.

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