Software:Sky Map
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Short description: Android software app
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| Developer(s) | Google Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Operating system | Android |
| Type | Planetarium software |
| License | Apache License, Version 2.0 |
| Website | github |
Sky Map in use on a Nexus One
Sky Map is an Android planetarium software application.[1][2]
History
Sky Map was designed and developed by a group of Google engineers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of their 20% time.[3]
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.[4]
Code
The project is presently available in the form of a GitHub repository.[5]
See also
- Google Sky
- Planetarium software
- Stellarium
- Star chart - map of the night sky
References
- ↑ Temperton, James (2011-11-22). "Google Sky Map for Android helps you explore the universe". Computeractive (Incisive Media). http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/download-review/2126796/google-sky-map-android-helps-explore-universe.
- ↑ Baig, Edward C. (2010-11-17). "Google Sky Map Android app travels through time". USA Today (ABC News). https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-sky-map-android-app-travels-time/story?id=12177867.
- ↑ Walker-Morgan, Dj (2012-01-23). "Google's Sky Map for Android now open source". The H. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-Sky-Map-for-Android-now-open-source-1419779.html.
- ↑ Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-sourcing-sky-map-and-collaborating.html.
- ↑ "stardroid". GitHub. https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid/.
External links
- Sky Map on Google Play
- Sky Map at GitHub
- Sky Map Android package at the F-Droid repository
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