An ocean mask minimizes areas typically obscured by ice and clouds.” Google Maps, of course, started including more high-res underwater topography to its maps in 2011 and recently introduced ...

The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite, launched in December 2022, has mapped the seabed in just one year.

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor ... of measurements from NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, launched in ...