Scientists combine live data streams on Google Earth
3/22/2010 01:14:00 PM



Oceanographers and other scientists are using Google Earth in a new way to view real-time data streams on everything from ocean temperature and currents to the movement of ships -- all at once.

Known as the Global Visualization Lab and developed by the University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, the technology is providing the scientists with a completely new sense of the ocean.

The data come from a wide variety of sources -- including satellites, autonomous underwater vehicles and floating buoys. When viewed on the lab's large flat panel TVs and navigated with a 3-D mouse, the Google Earth globe and any data illustrated on it are seen with such high resolution and great detail that viewing the image feels more like a high-flying helicopter ride.

Take a ride yourself, and hear the lab's creator, UD oceanography professor Matt Oliver, explain the project.

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