Atlantis found on Google Earth? Er, no
It looks like the plan of a Donald Trump luxury prison facility etched into the ocean's floor.
Yet some who have seen it on Google Earth believe that this could be, yes, finally, no, unequivocally the lost city of Atlantis. A city where no one ever dies, everyone partakes of libidinous orgies from dusk till dawn, Bobby Ewing hangs out, and the property taxes never rise above $500.
The "Sun" newspaper even winkled a quote from Dr. Charles Orser, curator of historical archaeology at the State University of New York: "The site is one of the most prominent places for the proposed location of Atlantis, as described by Plato. Even if it turns out to be geographical, this definitely deserves a closer look."
This is Atlantis (Nassau Branch). I cannot possibly say what happens within its walls.
(Credit: CC Heather 0714)It pains me to say that I am the winkler of bad tidings. For I have discovered the words of one of those excitement dampeners employed by Google official job title "spokesperson." The representative acknowledged that Google Earth had already been used to find such historical gems as an Ancient Roman villa.
However: "In this case, what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process. Bathymetric (or sea-floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the sea-floor...The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers the data. The fact that there are blank spots between each of these lines is a sign of how little we really know about the world's oceans."
Looking at the lines traced by these boats, might I suggest that their captains are thoroughly tested for performance-debilitating substances?
When you look closely, they do seem to trace rather wobbly paths. Perhaps one or two of the captains actually spotted Bobby Ewing and were momentarily stunned that he was still alive.
Chris Matyszczyk is an award-winning creative director who advises major corporations on content creation and marketing. He brings an irreverent, sarcastic, and sometimes ironic voice to the tech world. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. 
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"The fact that there are blank spots between each of these lines is a sign of how little we really know about the world's oceans."
We know plenty about the world's oceans, at least the topology. But what we don't have for a majority of the waters on this planet is first hand visual accounts.
Using sonar, the blank spaces between the lines mean diddly. I don't know fhe writer of the article is implying that the sonar only sees what is directly under the boat in a straight line... but that is far from true. Sonar can get a readout of the ocean floor in a certain X by X size grid... not just what is directly under the boat, but also a certain perimeter outside of the boat. Usually determined by sonar strength, depth, and type of readout/capabilities.
The previous city, town planning was terrible, very ineffecient for traveling.
Currents are a challenge, especially in the long haul.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=74.325173,-69.32373&spn=3.17483,20.10498&z=6
Please... use your heads people, have you never seen graphical anomalies before? The lines supposedly showing Atlantis are not physical city walls buried in sand.
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- by thatguy_06 April 14, 2009 5:29 PM PDT
- it would make great sense as a city, but like Chris, you have to run this through the common sense test... if it is a city, its approx 103 x 80 miles... about 8000 square miles. Making a single ancient city the size of New Jersey. That's pretty big considering that NYC is only 300 and the greater metropolitan area of NYC adds up to not quite 7000. Sorry, friends, I'm not buying it.
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