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• Delta 2 rocket lifts satellite for Google Earth
Nowadays, anybody can pull up a satellite image via Google Earth, or its competitors, Yahoo Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth. "When the business plans were written for Ikonos in the mid '90s, the word 'Google' didn't exist," Brender said.
• Satellite launch a 'go' for today
Once it's operating, GeoEye-1 will provide images to the government as well as to Google Earth and Google Maps commercial services. September 6, 2008
• Derf, Dnoces and other strange star names
In later missions, these three maverick stars were accorded the same respect as celebrated ones like Sirius, Vega and Aldebaran. They even turned up on some official star maps that were published during the late 1960s and 1970s.
• ABOUT CLICKED
Here's an amazing collection of Gustav tracking maps . Somewhere out there, someone whose job it is to design these just fell off his chair into a puddle of his own drool at the sight of such a thorough review.
• Tellme launches new mobile search service
SAN FRANCISCO - Tellme Networks Inc., a provider of computerized, voice-driven directory assistance, launched a new mobile search service on Tuesday that allows users to ask for information and see the results pop up with maps and directions on the ...