Once again, Google Earth is in the news.
This time round, a man was reported to have used the software to find a treasure off Aransas Pass in Texas. Apparently, a shoeprint-shaped had made him believe that what he had found was the wreckage of a Spanish barquentine.
Now the case has ended up in court as the location in which the wreckage was located appeared to be in someone's private property.
If this man can prove that the land beneath which the ship is submerged is navigable waterway, he will get the treasure first, according to U.S. law.
However the lawyers of the property's owner is claiming otherwise. If that's the case, then the owner will get the treasure rather than the man who googled it. Interesting, eh?
In addition, the state of Texas' lawyers are sure that there's no commercial waterway there. Therefore, as far as they are concerned, if it's in water, it's in Texas's water. That adds an interesting mix to the claim equation.
How will all these pan out? Let's wait and see.
Now it's time to start using Google Earth since it has brought us many interesting nuggets in the technology world.
Ahoy! I bet Captain Jack Sparrow is teething with jealousy right now. Haha!
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