Hawaii on Street View

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Big Island

Google Maps has extended its Street View coverage in Hawaii.

A good place to start exploring the best Street View images on Hawaii’s six major islands is in the Scenic Hawaii collection in the Street View gallery.

It also looks like Google has added a lot more Street View imagery in the Czech Republic.

Via: Google Lat Long

Street View Arrives in Hawaii

Street View today finally arrived in Hawaii.

Here's a nice shot of the statue of Great King Kamehameha outside the Archives Building in Honolulu.



If you want to browse through some more Street Views of famous locations around the world then check out the new Official Google Street View Gallery. The gallery has a number of collections; World Landmarks, US Capitol Buildings, Hawaii Beaches, Obama Hometown Hotspots and Special Attractions.

If you want to view some of the more interesting and risque Street Views that Google aren't so keen to promote you should also check out the unofficial collections at Google Sightseeing and Street View Gallery.

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Message in a Bottle Tracked on Google Maps

Project Niu

Project Niu is a Hawaiian K-12 science curriculum experiment designed to give students hands-on experience of the technologies used in remotely monitoring the ocean. The project involves tracking high tech "messages in a bottle" that are set afloat in the Pacific Ocean.

The set adrift 'bottles' follow a path similar to floating marine debris, giving students a personal understanding of the widespread damage that can be caused by careless or irresponsible actions.

The site uses Google Maps to track the 'bottles' as they drift in the Pacific Ocean. The map includes tools for pupils to measure distances on the map and draw projected paths. Visitors to the site can also have a go at guessing where the bottle will end up.

The bottles are also collecting data whilst on their journeys. This data on temperature, wave height, humidity etc. can also be viewed on the Project Niu website.

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