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]]> By: Ryanhttp://cybernetnews.com/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113921 Ryan Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:09:56 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/08/22/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113921 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-113890" rel="nofollow">Max wrote:</a><blockquote>They should add Google Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Moon in the future. That way users could explore the whole solar system from the comfort of their homes!</blockquote></div> It makes you wonder how many years it will be before we don't even have to step outside of our house. ;)<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-113892" rel="nofollow">kiltboy wrote:</a><blockquote>I was just playing around with it and trying to figure out how to view the sky as seen outside my home (I can’t figure it out right now). As I zoomed out from Earth, I noticed that “My Places” that I have bookmarked in my home city show up somewhere in the middle of the galaxy. And yet they’re a surprisingly short drive - no space shuttle required! LOL So looks like Google has a few bugs to work out. But I do think it’s awesome that they’ve done this.</blockquote></div> :roll: I'm surprised Google hasn't caught that one.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-113894" rel="nofollow">Mohan wrote:</a><blockquote>Very nice kinda reminds me of Celestia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestia).</blockquote></div> I had never heard of that one before. I'll be giving it a try shortly.<div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-113906" rel="nofollow">Joe wrote:</a><blockquote>There is another program like this made by NASA. Its called WorldWind. Check it out. It has all the planents, and has had space for a long time.</blockquote></div> I've used WorldWind for quite some time, and Google isn't nearly as good as it yet. Of course I wouldn't expect anyone to be able to do it better than NASA. Max wrote:
They should add Google Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Moon in the future. That way users could explore the whole solar system from the comfort of their homes!

It makes you wonder how many years it will be before we don’t even have to step outside of our house. ;)

kiltboy wrote:
I was just playing around with it and trying to figure out how to view the sky as seen outside my home (I can’t figure it out right now). As I zoomed out from Earth, I noticed that “My Places” that I have bookmarked in my home city show up somewhere in the middle of the galaxy. And yet they’re a surprisingly short drive – no space shuttle required! LOL So looks like Google has a few bugs to work out. But I do think it’s awesome that they’ve done this.

:roll: I’m surprised Google hasn’t caught that one.

Mohan wrote:
Very nice kinda reminds me of Celestia ([en.wikipedia.org]).

I had never heard of that one before. I’ll be giving it a try shortly.

Joe wrote:
There is another program like this made by NASA. Its called WorldWind. Check it out. It has all the planents, and has had space for a long time.

I’ve used WorldWind for quite some time, and Google isn’t nearly as good as it yet. Of course I wouldn’t expect anyone to be able to do it better than NASA.

]]> By: Joehttp://cybernetnews.com/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113906 Joe Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:16:28 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/08/22/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113906 There is another program like this made by NASA. Its called WorldWind. Check it out. It has all the planents, and has had space for a long time. There is another program like this made by NASA. Its called WorldWind. Check it out. It has all the planents, and has had space for a long time.

]]> By: Mohanhttp://cybernetnews.com/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113894 Mohan Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:50:02 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/08/22/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113894 Very nice kinda reminds me of Celestia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestia). Very nice kinda reminds me of Celestia ([en.wikipedia.org]).

]]> By: kiltboyhttp://cybernetnews.com/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113892 kiltboy Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:15:13 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/08/22/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113892 I was just playing around with it and trying to figure out how to view the sky as seen outside my home (I can't figure it out right now). As I zoomed out from Earth, I noticed that "My Places" that I have bookmarked in my home city show up somewhere in the middle of the galaxy. And yet they're a surprisingly short drive - no space shuttle required! LOL So looks like Google has a few bugs to work out. But I do think it's awesome that they've done this. I was just playing around with it and trying to figure out how to view the sky as seen outside my home (I can’t figure it out right now). As I zoomed out from Earth, I noticed that “My Places” that I have bookmarked in my home city show up somewhere in the middle of the galaxy. And yet they’re a surprisingly short drive – no space shuttle required! LOL So looks like Google has a few bugs to work out. But I do think it’s awesome that they’ve done this.

]]> By: Maxhttp://cybernetnews.com/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113890 Max Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:59:37 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/2007/08/22/sky-for-google-earth-a-virtual-telescope/#comment-113890 They should add Google Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Moon in the future. That way users could explore the whole solar system from the comfort of their homes! They should add Google Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Moon in the future. That way users could explore the whole solar system from the comfort of their homes!

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