Google reaches for the stars [Hack Your Day]

moon earth and marsI bet everyone’s familiar with Google Maps by now, it has become a standard application in our daily lives, giving us location information, scenery viewing capability and driving directions. In fact, I use it to look up all the addresses I need, and I even use Google Earth as a sort of photo album.

It is less known that Google has launched three services that go beyond our little planet and out to the stars. You can take a look at Google Sky, and application that let’s you roam around in space and using layers, give you a bundle of information about any solar object. You can even listen to podcasts right there.

There are also two services that map the moon and mars, Google Moon and Google Mars. These function basically the same way as Google Maps (no driving directions yet) and enable you to pan, move and zoom about. If you have a child around the house or if you have some astronomer in you, check them out, they’re a blast to play with and Google sky is especially educational I think.

Original post here: Daniel

17 March 2008 | earth, google, imaging, maps, online apps | Comments

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