2012-08-01

Dateline Wednesday 1 August 2012: In one of the greatest technological advances the bottle diving world has yet seen, Google have added canals to their on-line mapping tool.Bogglehole Bill welcomed the development. "I've used Google Maps for some time when identifying likely bottle diving sites", he enthused. "This innovation means that Britain's waterways can be investigated virtually at street level".A BBC report provides further details, reporting that "the application allows internet users to take a 360-degree virtual walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal past the Caen Hill Lock Flight in Devizes...Canal tow-paths between Devizes and Semington were photographed by Google's Street View Trike early in the summer."