Wondering where it’s safe to swim in Europe? An initiative called Eye on Earth – Water Watch created by Microsoft and the European Environment Agency and powered by Bing will help you find out what water you can swim in without wondering if you’re going to go home with more than just memories.

The very user-friendly tool allows users to search by the EEA’s water quality rating, or by user quality ratings, and then drill down for extra info such as historical assessments, or check out – and upload your own – images of the swim spots, or even view web cams set up by the local cities.

The system launched last year, but has newly updated information, and is now powered by Bing versus Live Search.

Microsoft’s Rob Bernard states: “By combining environmental data with mapping technologies, it is possible for people to see where changes are happening. Eye on Earth provides people with information which has historically been difficult to find. With this new application, people will be more informed and be able to take appropriate actions to help ensure a cleaner environment.”

[via Download Squad]

To view and rate quality of a bathing site:

1. Zoom in to the selected bathing site or type name into search bar
2. If cluster symbol is displayed, zoom in further to individual representation
3. Click on icon to display historical assessments and open pop-up rating system
4. Click on other icons, for detail view on other locations
5. Zoom out to go back to original view

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