Posted on 03/13/2006 5:36:42 PM PST by KevinDavis
LOS ANGELES -- First there was Google Earth, then Google Moon. On Monday, Google Inc. expanded its galactic reach by launching Google Mars, a Web browser-based mapping tool that gives users an up-close, interactive view of the Red Planet with the click of a mouse.
The Martian maps were made from images taken by NASA's orbiting Mars Odyssey and Mars Global Surveyor.
Google Mars doesn't provide driving directions, but users can see the planet in three different formats: The Martian elevation map is color-coded by altitude; the visible-imagery map shows the surface in black-and-white pictures; the infrared map indicates temperature, with cooler areas dark and warmer areas bright.
Users can also zoom in on any of the three maps to view geographical features such as mountains, canyons, dunes and craters. The maps also pinpoint the locations of unmanned space probes that have landed on Mars.
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They should have the website GOOGLE LIBERAL BIAS.
First one to spot Marvin the Martian on Google Mars wins a prize.
This sounds Google Sirius.
Google is 337. There seem to be some competitors in the wings. Since Google seems to be getting into political censorship, they may have played the gambit and are on thin ice.
Google Hell.
Anybody find the face on Mars yet?
Now we'll be able to see Al Gore's house.
Already changed my search browser to Yahoo (not like they're better). But gotta say, Google's new planetery colors suit them well. And that's why I dropped them.
Wonder if it will locate "New Beijing" for me...
Try Clusty
Did a search and found this:
"...now that we've launched Google Earth, many people are asking about Mars in Google Earth. At this time, the (single) server hosting the Mars database can't accomodate any more users than our historical Keyhole NV and Keyhole 2 NV users. When those existing NV users upgrade to Google Earth Plus, they'll still be able to see Mars, but everyone else will not. We hope to make this database available to more people in the future."
If only Google could negotiate better resolution images here on planet earth!
About 2% of our country is on Google Earth in hi-res.
Do they have the canals and roads labeled?
A closeup of GOOGLE MOON showed it to be made of cheese.
Campaign fun.
The main roads seem to be tragically intersected at a place labled "BushLied-CanalsDried".
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