Google Earth – New Sky Feature

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Google earth is quickly becoming an amazing product. You can track Tropical Storms, inspect subsea objects and view AIS (vessel tracking) data.

Now google has added another layer, the celestial sphere. Watch the video below to see how this works:

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If anyone has figured out how to to use google sky for celestial navigation at sea (or any other navigation use… like voyage planning), please send me an email.

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5 Responses to Google Earth – New Sky Feature

  1. avatar Ben says:
    August 23, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    John, Check out EarthENC, info here:

    http://tinyurl.com/2b2yu8

    Also Shine Micro has Google Earth AIS coverage of Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, and more. You have to register and go to the Google Beta site:

    http://www.shinemicro.com/Logon.asp

  2. avatar Ben says:
    August 23, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    John, Check out EarthENC, info here:

    http://tinyurl.com/2b2yu8

    Also Shine Micro has Google Earth AIS coverage of Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, and more. You have to register and go to the Google Beta site:

    http://www.shinemicro.com/Logon.asp

  3. avatar John says:
    August 23, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    Good information, thanks Ben!

  4. avatar John says:
    August 23, 2007 at 11:05 pm

    Good information, thanks Ben!

  5. avatar Google Earth for Astronomers | Navagear.com says:
    August 24, 2007 at 9:29 am

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