Wednesday, April 30 2008
Google diving into 3D mapping of oceans
Posted By at 4:33 PM
We've got Google Earth and Google Sky. Next up will be a map of the world below sea level--Google Ocean.
The company has assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts, and in December invited researchers from institutions around the world to the Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex. There, they discussed plans for creating a 3D oceanographic map, according to sources familiar with the matter.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931412-7.html?tag=nl.e703
Monday, April 21 2008
Florida’s Flows of Clear, Cool Water
Posted By at 12:07 PM
April 11, 2008
Florida’s Flows of Clear, Cool Water
By CHRISTOPHER PERCY COLLIER
IT’S a warm late-winter afternoon in northern Florida, and three young women are gingerly descending a half-dozen wooden stairs to a mouthwash-blue pool of translucent water ringed with cypress trees. Yesterday, they paddled the Ichetucknee River, a clear, narrow stream fed almost exclusively by nine major springs. Today, at this popular swimming hole in the town of High Springs, they want full immersion.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/travel/escapes/11springs.html