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Google Ocean: Has Atlantis been found off Africa?

13 points by rogercosseboom 18y ago

spydez 18y ago
You can't see the grid they're talking about in the article's pic, so here's a link to it in Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=31+15%2715.53N+24+15%2730.53W&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.777825,66.796875&ie=UTF8&ll=31.255074,-24.257812&spn=3.455865,4.174805&t=h&z=8 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38... It does look quite artificial compared to the surrounding ocean floor.
rogercosseboom 18y ago
Its striking, but Google now says no. Here's Google's official denial: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h3fSTpcQNAKxEGpUbmVXuAEc0MjQ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h3fST...
- endtime 18y ago
  Aww. :( I knew it wasn't going to be real, but I still wanted to believe for just a few hours before it was debunked.
  - DenisM 18y ago
    You can write a book or a game based on this, and stick a reference to this google maps thingie as part of the plot. That would be slick.
- shizcakes 18y ago
  I came to post this very same thing.
- jsdalton 18y ago
  Could the journalist not have spoken with someone at Google prior to publication of this article? It's just irresponsible journalism that they clearly did not.
  - deleted 18y ago
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  - wlievens 18y ago
    Irresponsible journalism? No such thing!
- sh1mmer 18y ago
  The telegraph admits it was a false alarm: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4735057/Google-Ocean-Atlantis-found-off-Africa-turns-out-to-be-boat-mapping-lines.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/g...
moonpolysoft 18y ago
People see patterns everywhere. See also: the Martian canals.
Spyckie 18y ago
on another note... why is google ocean the 5th search result on google?
FlorinAndrei 18y ago
Each street is ~1 mile across. The distance between two successive "streets" is ~10 miles. The whole "city" is ~100 miles measured on one edge. I, for one, welcome our new undersea giant overlords. P.S.: Gmaps is full of artifacts like that. Here's another one, bigger than Ireland: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=54.188155,-12.98584&spn=4.513794,11.206055&z=7 http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=54.188155,-12...

You can't see the grid they're talking about in the article's pic, so here's a link to it in Google Maps. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=31+15%2715.53N+24+15%2730.53W&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.777825,66.796875&ie=UTF8&ll=31.255074,-24.257812&spn=3.455865,4.174805&t=h&z=8 http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38... It does look quite artificial compared to the surrounding ocean floor.

rogercosseboom 18y ago

Its striking, but Google now says no. Here's Google's official denial: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h3fSTpcQNAKxEGpUbmVXuAEc0MjQ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h3fST...

endtime 18y ago
Aww. :( I knew it wasn't going to be real, but I still wanted to believe for just a few hours before it was debunked.
- DenisM 18y ago
  You can write a book or a game based on this, and stick a reference to this google maps thingie as part of the plot. That would be slick.
shizcakes 18y ago
I came to post this very same thing.
jsdalton 18y ago
Could the journalist not have spoken with someone at Google prior to publication of this article? It's just irresponsible journalism that they clearly did not.
- deleted 18y ago
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- wlievens 18y ago
  Irresponsible journalism? No such thing!
sh1mmer 18y ago
The telegraph admits it was a false alarm: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4735057/Google-Ocean-Atlantis-found-off-Africa-turns-out-to-be-boat-mapping-lines.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/g...

moonpolysoft 18y ago

People see patterns everywhere. See also: the Martian canals.

Spyckie 18y ago

on another note... why is google ocean the 5th search result on google?

FlorinAndrei 18y ago

Each street is ~1 mile across. The distance between two successive "streets" is ~10 miles. The whole "city" is ~100 miles measured on one edge. I, for one, welcome our new undersea giant overlords. P.S.: Gmaps is full of artifacts like that. Here's another one, bigger than Ireland: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=54.188155,-12.98584&spn=4.513794,11.206055&z=7 http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=54.188155,-12...