While Atlantis is interesting in and of itself, the real story here is the technology. Google has been collecting data on the ocean floors using sonar. Impressive as it is that Google hired drivers to snap pictures of our major cities, it is even more incredible that they have hired boats to gather data about the ocean floor and stitch that data into their maps.
Lessons learned from twentyfive years building software, recruiting teams, and managing growing firms.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Atlantis found?
CrunchGear posted a blog indicating that Atlantis has been found. Sure, the source is a British tabloid, but apparently the ancient city was found using Google Earth.
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