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HeyWhatsThat.com creates first Earth-Sky mashup
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OgleEarth reports "Michael Kosowsky, of HeyWhatsThat.com — a site that generates horizons for specific locations from DEM data — has emailed friends of the site to announce compatibility with Google Sky.".
Here is the executive summary as reported on their site :
Here is the executive summary as reported on their site :
- At http://www.heywhatsthat.com generate a new panorama or view an existing one.
- Hit the new "at night" button just below the "View in Google Earth by day" button.
- Google Earth opens, switches to sky mode, and overlays the celestial sphere with the horizon, visible summits and an azimuth-altitude grid for that location at the current time.
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