google mars ?

monclo · 03-12-2006, 08:50 PM

i noticed this link at google.com :Obrspan style="text-decoration: underline;"brimg src="http://blogs.zdnet.com/images/googlemars.jpg"brbrbrhttp://www.google.com/mars/br/span

mondine · 03-12-2006, 09:18 PM

Hey, pretty cool.

myotismon · 03-13-2006, 06:36 AM

Yea, its pretty cool It offers infared views of a slect portion of the Red planet’s
surfface. Kinda cool, allows you to zoom in quite a bit, and, unlike
the moon, Mars is not made of cheese. However, if you zoom out all the
way, you’ll notice that you’re really only looking at a tiny strip of
Mars, probably one photograph just strung togther in a loop. Oh well,
its cool either way.

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Kenmcfa · 03-13-2006, 08:48 AM

That's very cool. What does anyone think is next? Google Pluto, anyone?

GameMaker · 03-13-2006, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myotismon

However, if you zoom out all the way, you'll notice that you’re really only looking at a tiny strip of Mars, probably one photograph just strung togther in a loop.

Actually, it is all of Mars. It looks like one photo stitched into a loop because planets don't have east and west poles, only north and south poles. Instead of stopping at 180 degrees east and west, Google just repeats the image over and over.

monclo · 03-13-2006, 05:12 PM

i want to see google universe something like google earth but searching the universe hahaha

zima · 03-13-2006, 06:52 PM

And adding to what GameMaker said, the image is repeated so many times because Mars is much smaller than Earth, and I see no special changes to basic interface of Google Maps to accomodate that difference.

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monclo Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	google mars ? i noticed this link at google.com :Obrspan style="text-decoration: underline;"brimg src="http://blogs.zdnet.com/images/googlemars.jpg"brbrbrhttp://www.google.com/mars/br/span

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myotismon Googler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: ct Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yea, its pretty cool It offers infared views of a slect portion of the Red planet’s surfface. Kinda cool, allows you to zoom in quite a bit, and, unlike the moon, Mars is not made of cheese. However, if you zoom out all the way, you’ll notice that you’re really only looking at a tiny strip of Mars, probably one photograph just strung togther in a loop. Oh well, its cool either way. br

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Kenmcfa Google Freak Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: A wretched hive of scum and villany (Bathgate, Scotland) Posts: 429 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's very cool. What does anyone think is next? Google Pluto, anyone?

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monclo Googler Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Puerto Rico Posts: 60 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i want to see google universe something like google earth but searching the universe hahaha

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zima Google Freak Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	And adding to what GameMaker said, the image is repeated so many times because Mars is much smaller than Earth, and I see no special changes to basic interface of Google Maps to accomodate that difference.

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