As, other matters aside, the Great Barrier Reef's speeded-up denudation/destruction has been in the news over the last few days, the forwarded blog posting is of relevance. Copied and pasted (by me) are a couple of the blog-writer's paragraphs found on the (slowish) link.
"The backlash over deficiencies and inaccuracies in Apple's new maps app has Apple squirming and iPhone users yearning for the day when Google unveils its own third-party maps app for Apple's mobile operating system. That day is coming, eventually, according to The Verge and the New York Times' Bits blog. The Verge reports that Google is "scrambling" to build such an app, but was caught off guard by Apple's decision in June to drop Google maps from its native apps package. The Times suggests it may be taking Google some extra time because it wants to include 3-D imagery comparable to Apple's.
[. . .]
And on Tuesday, Google unveiled 25 new "underwater Street View" panoramas, with gorgeous pictures of sea turtles and manta rays cruising the Great Barrier Reef, among other submarine hotspots. The images come via a partnership with the Catlin Seaview Survey. The goal, a Google Oceans manager tells BoingBoing, is to make Google maps as comprehensive as possible by extending their reach underwater. A commenter on a YouTube video featuring the underwater maps of the Great Barrier Reef quips, "There are iOS6 Maps users down there looking for their houses."
FH (UK)
-----Original Message-----
From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee
Sent: 26 September 2012 20:36
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Google Is Busy Making Awesome Underwater Maps
This was just posted to the Facebook maps-l group but it's so cool, I
want to post it here too!
From Slate
While Apple Waits, Google Is Busy Making Awesome Underwater Maps of the
Great Barrier Reef
By Will Oremus
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, at 10:28 AM ET
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/09/26/google_maps_for_apple_ios6_coming_after_underwater_street_view_and_indoor_maps.html
Have a great day.
Angie [Cope] ('MAPS-L' moderator)
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