Google Moon Debuts

Ian writes "From the FAQ: 'One small step for Google... On July 20, 1969, man first landed on the Moon. A few decades later, we're pleased to cut you in on the action. Google Moon is an extension of Google Maps and Google Earth that, courtesy of NASA imagery (thanks, guys!), enables you to surf the Moon's surface and check out the exact spots that the Apollo astronauts made their landings.'"

Comments

Re:Mmmm Cheese

[nblender]

You know, I'd already seen this before the /. story but the surprise I got when zooming in was true... It sucks to have everyone spoiling the surprise for others though.

Bleh

[Momoru]

Ok another little novelty thing that Google does that will get tons of attention....this might be neat if you could actually use it as a map, say type in "Ptolemaeus" and it will show you where that crater is in the moon. This just kind of seems like a waste of time for the Google people (this has what to do with Search again??!). And the swiss cheese thing...man i was just wetting my pants with that.

why don't you do it then?

[subtropolis]

Really, get off your high horse. Someone at google probably put this together on their own time. It's clever and a nice way to salute the anniversary. I'm sure they know all about the other interesting landing sites but could only do so much.Complaining because you don't think it's complete is very lame. If you feel so strongly about it why don't you shut yer hole and build it yourself.