Sky Map is an
Android planetarium software
Planetarium software is application software that allows a user to simulate the celestial sphere at any time of day, especially at night, on a computer. Such applications can be as rudimentary as displaying a star chart or sky map for a specific t ...
application.
History
Sky Map was designed and developed by a group of
Google
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engineers in
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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as part of their
20% time.
It's now "donated and open-sourced".
Licensing
On January 20, 2012, Google announced a student development partnership with
Carnegie Mellon University and released Sky Map under the
Apache 2.0 open source license
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.
Code
The project is presently available in the form of a
GitHub
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repository.
See also
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Google Sky
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users ...
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Planetarium software
Planetarium software is application software that allows a user to simulate the celestial sphere at any time of day, especially at night, on a computer. Such applications can be as rudimentary as displaying a star chart or sky map for a specific t ...
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Stellarium
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Star chart - map of the night sky
References
External links
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Sky Mapat ''GitHub''
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Free and open-source Android software
Google
Planetarium technology
Free astronomy software
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