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Entire Moon Added To Google Earth

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-sign-of-a-fully-operational-battlestation dept.

CNETNate writes "Complete with Street View-like panoramas, 3D models of spacecraft now left abandoned on the moon's surface, and guided tours from the voices of Apollo astronauts, Google's recent update to Google Earth marks the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with an enormous update. It's a collaboration with NASA and other agencies, and follows the launch of Google Earth 5.0 which, amongst other things, added the ability to explore our planet's oceans. There are a number of original creations — such as the 3D mock-up of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and its astronauts — and you can download the new version from Google now."

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  1. Better or worse than NASA World Wind? by Kligat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    NASA World Wind and its add-ons tend to use a single data set for each layer rather than a pastiche of the highest resolution imagery available like Google Earth's, so when I compared it to Mars in 5.0, it had a more cohesive view with a more navigable user interface, with no load time since you can download the entire cache as an add-on.

  2. Re:Too lazy to check myself. by lorenlal · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's neat that Google does interesting things like this, but it blows my mind how a company that plays so much can survive.

    It could also be why they survive so well. If it's okay to play a little like that, and you *gasp* enjoy what you do at work...