Friday, February 6th, 2009

Google Ocean?

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Screenshot from Google Earth 5.0 Image courtesy Google, Inc.

This week, Google released version 5.0 of its 'Google Earth' mapping and geo-visualization program. The new version, however, adds features that take the program beyond just mapping Earth's land -- including data that allow users of the program to explore the world's oceans. We'll talk with oceanographer Sylvia Earle about why the new features are significant.

Guests

Sylvia Earle
Author, Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic, 2008)
Explorer in Residence, National Geographic Society, Washington DC
Chairman, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, Oakland, California
Program Director, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas

John Hanke
Director of Product Management for Google Earth and Google Maps
Google, Incorporated
Mountain View, California

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