Google Moon, Just a map of the moon |
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Google Moon, Just a map of the moon |
 Jul 20 2009, 05:11 PM
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In Google Earth do like Phil says and push the little saturn planet button, but in Layers, a panel on the left, select the Guided Tours directory and then Apollo 11. Andy Chaikin narrates with Buzz the landing and lunar walks. The trajectory and inside cockpit view were generated by John Knoll (Oscar winning Visual Effects Supervisor) and are extremely accurate. I've superimposed the LRO image of the landing area (semi transparently) and it looks really cool. The better data will make it so we can just hang out on the surface!
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Jul 21 2009, 08:58 AM
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Downloaded it last night...vey coooool...and not that bad. A few hiccups with some camera options, as mentioned, however, overall, the 3D interactivity does give one a bigger picture.
See this YouTube vid that accompanies the Google Earth link to see what's on offer, or see small, newsie-bithere. John |
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Jul 22 2009, 04:35 AM
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I love almost getting airsick on Google's fly tool. What a bunch of fun!
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Jul 24 2009, 12:31 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
One of my faves - flying along the floor of Hadley Rille, looking up at the walls above me. The topo must be from Apollo stereo, and it's pretty good all along the strip of Apollo 15 metric camera images.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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Nov 15 2009, 05:32 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10146 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Some new additions to the Moon part of Google Earth. The topographic map has been replaced with Kaguya's map, and it gives low-res relief when viewed obliquely. And some new Kaguya images have been added - Tycho was there a while ago, but now Mare Moscoviense has been added, plus the Kaguya mosaic of the Cabeus area. These are very nice high resolution images.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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