{"id":1257,"date":"2009-02-05T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2009\/02\/diving_into_oceans_and_into_ar\/"},"modified":"2009-02-05T09:42:09","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T17:42:09","slug":"diving_into_oceans_and_into_ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/diving_into_oceans_and_into_ar.php","title":{"rendered":"Diving into oceans, and into art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"google_prado.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/google_prado.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" height=\"266\" width=\"400\" \/><br \/>IMAGE: <i>An extreme close-up of Rogier van der Weyden&#8217;s painting, <br \/>&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museodelprado.es\/en\/ingles\/collection\/on-line-gallery\/on-line-gallery\/obra\/descent-from-the-cross\/\">Descent from the Cross<\/a>&#8221; (ca. 1435), as seen through Google Earth.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Google unveiled two new layers for their <a href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/\">Google Earth<\/a> system, which allows anyone with a reasonably good computer and broadband connection to fly around and explore the globe. The core of Google Earth is its three-dimensional imaging database, that wraps satellite images around a representation of the earth. But the architecture of the software allows lots of interesting things to happen on the surface (and below the surface) of those images.<\/p>\n<p>Take for example the new bundle of layers adding depth (literally) and texture to the water portions of our world, <a href=\"http:\/\/earth.google.com\/ocean\/\">the oceans<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucn.org\/?2612\/Dive-into-the-oceans-with-Google-Earth\">described here<\/a> in some detail). If you switch on this layer, you&#8217;ll encounter photos, videos, text, and even three-dimensional worlds to explore below the surface and around the shores.<\/p>\n<p>Or, consider the Google Earth <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/13\/spain-art\">partnership with the Prado museum<\/a> in Madrid (thanks Katie, for the link), that exploits the program&#8217;s extraordinary imaging engine to allow extremely close inspection of master works. You can also explore a three-dimensional rendering of the museum, or view photos taken by ordinary folks who chose to post them to the web.<\/p>\n<p>The two new layers provide further evidence that Google is not a software company, nor is it a search engine. Rather, it&#8217;s an architectural firm that builds infrastructure, interfaces, and extraordinary spaces for a full range of human insights and inventions to come together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMAGE: An extreme close-up of Rogier van der Weyden&#8217;s painting, &#8221;Descent from the Cross&#8221; (ca. 1435), as seen through Google Earth. Google unveiled two new layers for their Google Earth system, which allows anyone with a reasonably good computer and broadband connection to fly around and explore the globe. The core of Google Earth is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}