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Google Moon Updated

posted by Satri on Friday September 21, @09:57AM        Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the find-the-little-green-friends dept.

The official Google Lat Long blog describe the updated Google Moon mashup. From the blog: "This update brings higher-resolution map imagery, text search, and photos and stories from every Apollo landing. We even included Street View-style panoramas of the moon's surface, taken by the Apollo astronauts ... something you won't see anywhere else. And last but certainly not least, we tossed in scientific charts that are good enough for actual mission planning and science classrooms alike." See related stories below, including about NASA World Wind's 3D moon and Google Mars.

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