Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 29, Number 11, 1 November 2012 — Midway Atoll now on Google Maps' Street View [ARTICLE]

Midway Atoll now on Google Maps' Street View

Midway Atoll, part of the federally protected Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, is now viewable on Street View on Google Maps, meaning that on-the-ground images of the historic atoll ean be seen with the eliek of a mouse. "The project team, consisting of PMNM staff and a Google technieian spent two weeks on Midway this summer, capturing more than 9,200 panoramic images of 60 different natural and historic sites along 21 miles of roads and paths on the island," the monument said in a statement. "This mapping effort provides a valuable interpretive tool for Papahānaumokuākea's unique treasures and demonstrates the need to protect this remote and special plaee." Calling it a "significant aeeom-

plishment" in its efforts to "bring the plaee to the people," the monument said it hopes to add other sites in the monument to Street View. Midway Atoll, now a national wildlife refuge, was the focus of the Battle of Midway in 1942 that changed the tide of war in the Pacific. To see the atoll on Street View, visit Google Maps and type in "Midway Atoll." Click and hold the orange-person ieon that appears at the top of the zoom bar. Drag and drop the ieon on any blue line that appears on the island. Further navigation ean be done using a mouse or keyboard arrows. For information, contact Kalewa.Correa@noaa.gov.