by Sandra Mexa | Jun 17, 2014 | Google Street View
Today we reached 3+ million views on Google Views. Just a short time ago we added 25 Hoover Dam photo spheres, totaling now 1027 Panedia panoramas on Google Views. Can be seen here in Panedia Google Street...
by Sandra Mexa | Jun 5, 2014 | Google Street View
Sian Ka’an is a biosphere reserve which extends from the east coast of Mexico out into the Caribbean Sea. Home to some 80 recorded species of reef-building corals, the portion of the Mesoamerican Reef within the reserve is one of the most bio-diverse in Mexico. Jointly with neighbouring aquatic habitats it harbours more than 400 species of fish and a wealth of other marine life. For this reason it was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Image collect by Catlin Seaview Survey. Available in Google Street View, can be seen here in Google...
by Sandra Mexa | May 2, 2014 | Google Street View
The largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, UNESCO added this site to the World Heritage in danger list in 2009. The system illustrates a classic example of reef types through fringing, barrier and atoll, and the regions seven sites provide a significant habitat for threatened species. This particular dive features Half Moon Cay, at the southern end of Lighthouse Reef Atoll. Image collect by our partners, Catlin Seaview Survey. Available in Google Street View, can be seen here in Google...
by Sandra Mexa | Apr 25, 2014 | Google Street View
Komodo Island is home to the world’s largest lizards, the Komodo Dragon. The initial drive to protect the region of Komodo was to protect the “living dinosaur” that makes these arid islands home. In 1986 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a Man and Biosphere Reserve that now encompasses all the biodiversity of the area, marine, terrestrial and cultural. Available in Google Street View, can be seen here in Google...
by Sandra Mexa | Apr 17, 2014 | Google Street View
Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1993, it lies in the middle of the Sulu Sea and is one of the Philippines’ oldest ecosystems. The region contains excellent examples of pristine reef with an incredibly high diversity of marine life. The area supports 374 species of corals, (that’s almost 90% of all coral species in the Philippines!). The area also supports 11 species of cetaceans, 11 species of sharks, and an estimated 479 species of fish. This image collect focuses on the North Atoll and was completed by the Catlin Seaview Survey. Available in Google Street View, can be seen here in Google...
by Sandra Mexa | Mar 27, 2014 | Google Street View
Coombabah Lakelands Conservation Area is an exceptional park with a boardwalk through wetlands in between eucalypt forest and mangrove swamp. The area is ideal for short walks and popular for bird watching. This constellation, now on Google views, is literally a walk through that area with panos taken every few meters. Panedia Google Street...
by Sandra Mexa | Mar 24, 2014 | Google Street View
We published on Google Views a few photos of a small town in Portugal: Palmela. Palmela hosted a panoramic photography conference and is a lovely town full of small labyrinth streets that make their way up to the big 10th century castle. The view there is astounding and stretches all the way around for several kilometers until the next towns and the river Sado. Panedia Google Street...
by Sandra Mexa | Mar 20, 2014 | Google Street View
By opposition to the rush of the Big Apple, Central Park is the heaven for nature and quietude in New York. We decided to published a series of constellations on Google Views that cover the large area of the park in a total of 255 panoramas. We think that this can give you a good idea of the park by experiencing virtually a long walk through that beautiful place. Panedia Google Street...
by Sandra Mexa | Mar 13, 2014 | Google Street View
Another constellation on New York. This time is the Chelsea Waterside Park with a total of 14 panoramas. Panedia Google Street...
by Aaron Spence | Mar 4, 2014 | Google Street View
Take a Topsy Turvey Tour courtesy of a glitch in the Google Matrix. While working on some Google Views content this afternoon I noticed that Google had finally decided Australia was indeed the ‘Land Downunder’ and therefore it should see Google Maps Views upside down. I first noticed this on our Sydney Opera House Virtual Tours, but upon checking virtual tours we’d produced in New York they were also upside down. So perhaps it wasn’t Australia that was being flipped… it was any content produced by an Australian 😉 After messing around for a while I figured out how to make the tour flip upside down, and flip back the other way… so proceeded to have some fun… and make myself feel a little queasy at the same time. I suspect it won’t be around for long so I created a quick video for posterity. Here’s some of the links from the video above in case you want to try it yourself. (Note: I doubt this will work for very long. Chrome/Windows7) Google Maps Tour Links: Sydney Opera House Brooklyn Bridge – New York Uluru (Ayers Rock) Albuquerque Balloon...
by Sandra Mexa | Mar 3, 2014 | Google Street View
We published another constellation on Google Views. This set is about a great evening with great friends. We walked Brooklyn Bridge altogether from Manhattan to Brooklyn by sunset. The views were astounding. But the best was yet to come: the perfect rainbow dusk colors in New York Skyline. Enjoy! Panedia Google Street...
by Sandra Mexa | Jan 9, 2014 | Google Street View
Larvotto Marine Reserve is a protected area in the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Monaco. Imagery collect from October 2013 by Catlin Seaview Survey in partnership with Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and Prince Albert II Foundation. The tour was also uploaded to Google Street View, and can be seen here in Google...
by Sandra Mexa | Jan 9, 2014 | Google Street View
In October 2013 our Catlin Seaview Survey partners were invited by the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco to help them reveal the 2km of coastline that the Mediterranean Sea touches the principality of Monaco. It was our first temperate (cooler) water collect and this image shows just how clear the Sea is which is remarkable considering the traffic in the Med! The tour was also uploaded to Google Street View, and can be seen here in Google...
