Petition :: Google Earth should make the sea floor rendering optional
When Google Earth added the option to explore under the surface of the worlds Oceans, they used bathymetry data to both provide the 3D affect in Google Earth. But at the same created a 3Dish rendering of of the underwater terrain.
While the data in interesting, this poses two problems:
- This rendering of the data is always on, and obscures valuable data in the aerial imagery - coral reefs and other shallow water features.
- The rendering is 'enabled' an arbitrary distance just off the coast (persumably so can still see beaches) - which results in an ugly join.
We, the undersigned, propose that Google Earth makes this rendering a optional layer. So it can be enabled or disabled as required.
Background: (with screenshots)
http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2009/01/18/google-sea-bed-useful-but-not-pretty/
Signatures
Number of verified signatures: 68
Last 50 names...
Name | Location | Position | When | |
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Ricardo Moraes | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Designer | Sat, 21st Aug 2021 | |
Ricardo Moraes | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Designer | Sat, 21st Aug 2021 | |
Dan Powell | Albuquerque, NM, USA | Engineer | Tue, 18th Feb 2020 | |
Sujith Poojary | Bangalore, India | - | Thu, 29th Nov 2018 | |
Anon | - | - | Wed, 31st Oct 2018 | |
Kyle Miller | Huntsville, AL | Engineer | Wed, 1st Aug 2018 | |
Mike McCaskill | - | - | Tue, 5th Dec 2017 | |
Anon | - | - | Sun, 11th Jun 2017 | |
Frank Cieciel | - | - | Fri, 14th Apr 2017 | |
Michael Saucy | - | - | Tue, 12th Jan 2016 | |
Sergi Medina | - | - | Tue, 17th Nov 2015 | |
serge kravchenko | - | - | Fri, 24th Jul 2015 | |
Anon | - | - | Fri, 3rd Apr 2015 | |
Luis Robles | - | - | Mon, 19th Jan 2015 | |
Scott Lamberson | - | - | Thu, 8th Jan 2015 | |
s sam | London UK | Engineer | Fri, 12th Sep 2014 | |
Harry Wilkins | - | - | Thu, 21st Aug 2014 | |
Jason Jaroszewicz | - | - | Wed, 19th Mar 2014 | |
marcus aparicio | - | - | Wed, 27th Nov 2013 | |
marcus aparicio | - | - | Wed, 27th Nov 2013 | |
Alex Wyatt | Tokyo | Oceanographer | Thu, 12th Sep 2013 | |
Peter Herbrick | - | - | Mon, 11th Feb 2013 | |
Peter Herbrick | - | - | Mon, 11th Feb 2013 | |
Kyle Fankhauser | - | - | Tue, 22nd Jan 2013 | |
Joscha Sommerkorn | - | - | Sun, 14th Oct 2012 | |
Kith Crannog | - | - | Thu, 28th Jun 2012 | |
Neville Hyatt | - | - | Thu, 21st Jun 2012 | |
Bernhard Fischer | Germany | - | Sat, 12th May 2012 | |
Rachel Stene | - | - | Mon, 20th Feb 2012 | |
Christian Bishop | Australia | - | Wed, 15th Feb 2012 | |
Anon | - | - | Tue, 14th Feb 2012 | |
Paul Branson | - | - | Mon, 13th Feb 2012 | |
Ian Buxton | Tyneside UK | Naval architect | Tue, 7th Feb 2012 | |
John Kohnen | - | - | Tue, 31st Jan 2012 | |
Richard Pelvin | - | - | Mon, 30th Jan 2012 | |
William Rankin | New Haven, CT | professor of history of science | Mon, 30th Jan 2012 | |
David Asprey | - | maritime researcher | Sun, 29th Jan 2012 | |
Nick Balmer | - | - | Sun, 29th Jan 2012 | |
Kenneth Blume | Albany, NY | professor of history | Sun, 29th Jan 2012 | |
cacalo carvalho | rio de janeiro brazil | - | Sun, 29th Jan 2012 | |
Dave Hornford | - | - | Sun, 29th Jan 2012 | |
Chris Carlson | - | - | Sat, 28th Jan 2012 | |
Henry Sirotin | New York, NY | Adj Asst Prof, Geography | Sat, 28th Jan 2012 | |
William O'Neil | Falls Church, VA | - | Sat, 28th Jan 2012 | |
Zenon Bombalina | - | - | Wed, 28th Dec 2011 | |
assaf hussain | - | - | Tue, 13th Dec 2011 | |
Krzysztof Malawski | - | - | Wed, 26th Oct 2011 | |
Anon | New Zealand | student | Wed, 5th Oct 2011 | |
joao vianna | - | - | Thu, 22nd Sep 2011 | |
Ben Wales | - | - | Mon, 15th Aug 2011 |
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