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Mars, Moon on Google Maps
- jpatokal 9y agoThese have been around since 2009. Still neat though! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Moon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Mars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Mars
- saagarjha 9y agoYep, I remember them being part of Google Earth. IIRC they had one of the night sky as well.
- helb 9y agoThey still have https://www.google.com/sky/ https://www.google.com/sky/
- DonaldFisk 9y agoThey're now a lot more detailed.
- tomw1808 9y agoI'm missing Google Street View on those.
- perilunar 9y agoI wonder if there is enough panoramic photography to create street view for the various landing sites and traverses.
- gumby 9y agoThere is definitely not enough. There were only two people on the moon at a time and a good part of the time they were doing things other than taking pictures. Hell, not one of them checked Facebook!
- perilunar 9y agoFound street view for the Curiosity Rover: https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5895,137.4417,5338435m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5895,137.4417,533... Strangely though there's no 'Search Google Maps' box for the Moon or Mars maps, so you have to search around a bit.
- novas0x2a 9y agoI don't think they're available in the web client, but if you 1) download google earth 2) View -> Explore -> Moon 3) In the layers panel, Moon Gallery -> Apollo Missions -> [Double-click the logo of your favorite] -> Click a Camera icon -> Click the Panorama itself, you'll fly into the terrain-aligned panoramas taken during the mission. (Sorry it's so confusing to find, we (joint google/nasa project) did this in 2009 for the Apollo 11 40th, when the tools weren't quite as good as they are now). Enjoy!
- tomw1808 9y agoThis renders me speechless. Admittedly, my initial comment sounds a bit sarcastic, we were joking in the office here, but I was really impressed actually. But now I am speechless. I have to try that when I come home.
- gumby 9y agoWhat are you talking about? They have 100% coverage for all streets on both planets. Canals, on the other hand...
- dredmorbius 9y agoTechnically correct.
- andrewwharton 9y agoAlthough I think you'll end up with a divide by 0 error. :) /pedantry
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- rathish_g 9y agoIt's there in Mars - Check https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@18.705293,-33.0033056,259974m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@18.705293,-33.003305...
- perilunar 9y agoIs that Sojourner?
- pilsetnieks 9y agoActually Pathfinder but yes, it is. Sojourner was the little rover. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder#Landing_site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Pathfinder#Landing_site
- pgreenwood 9y agoCheck out the Apollo 11 landing site: https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/@0.6813909,23.4602739,308m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/@0.6813909,23.4602739...
- amarant 9y agoYour link dropped me off in a rainforest in the Kongo.. Are you sure that's where Apollo landed? I was kinda hoping for some crater on the moon....
- akerro 9y agoFound Apollo 15 https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/@25.6586063,2.9440356,337975a,35y,180h/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/moon/@25.6586063,2.9440356...
- acobster 9y agoI can see my house!
- rathish_g 9y agoOpen it, spent some time on Mars and Moon, then come back to Earth view and enjoy the blue planet... How gorgeous our Mother Earth is!
- Wei-1 9y agoGoogle puts one of their offices on Mars. https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5632909,137.3935404,2521m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5632909,137.39354... https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5642766,137.390396,3a,60y,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soPQic3l4rHQAAAQ3uBGOBw!2e0!7i5376!8i2688 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5642766,137.39039...
- igor_filippov 9y agoStill cheaper than paying rent in Bay Area I assume?
- Bluestrike2 9y agoSure, but the commute is a bit of a pain.
- otempomores 9y agoAt least its not as intrusive ass the add infested refeer sleep caskets onboard of the M.S. Generationship.
- moolcool 9y agoStill better than driving in Bay Area I assume?
- moolcool 9y agoStill better than driving in Bay Area I assume?
- sdrothrock 9y agoThey also have "street view" inside the Martian offices: https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5643827,137.3902488,3a,75y,328.53h,78.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soUc_0EsiKasAAAQ3uBGOEA!2e0!7i5376!8i2688 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@-4.5643827,137.39024...
- rahkiin 9y ago
- pulse7 9y agoDoesn't work with Chrome Zoom > 100%
- danielfaust 9y agoNice landslide on Mars https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@3.8915157,-44.0538984,81292a,35y,34.65t/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@3.8915157,-44.053898...
- overlordalex 9y agoThat landslide looks like it's about 10km across. That's absolutely incredible! On that note, the scale bar in the bottom is almost impossible to use - it's not in a place where I can easily compare what I'm looking at to what the bar represents - mainly due to the placement of the controls. Having it on the left of that grouping would be much more useful
- mholmes680 9y agoi've always wanted them to float that scale bar, so i can drag and rotate it.
- jejones3141 9y agoDarn. I was hoping to be able to get directions.
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- irl_ 9y agoI can understand it not doing interplanetary directions, but it doesn't have any public transport data at all for any planet but Earth. ):
- mnw21cam 9y agoShame the whole planet is completely black until you zoom right in though.
- sleepychu 9y agoWhy are there big strips of much high res imagery on the moon?
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- stijnsanders 9y agoooh! ooh! now do https://www.google.com/sky/ https://www.google.com/sky/ (pretty please)
- _lce0 9y agoTo make this work on Firefox mobile, first activate desktop mode, and then click on any link. Can't really understand why a perfectly capable device is access denied without such trick, it clearly works.
- kuschku 9y agoGoogle does this with several of their sites, intentionally making them worse on Firefox (Desktop or Mobile). Firefox Mobile actually already fakes a Chrome Mobile UA in some situations to get around that. Examples include the Google Search, Google Maps, or YouTube. I simply configured via about:config the above mentioned UA faker for Google’s sites to fake Chrome’s UA.
- GotAnyMegadeth 9y agoDoes anyone know where Olympus Mons is? Ever since I was a child I've been fascinated by the idea of the tallest mountain in the solar system! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons
- sswaner 9y agohttps://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@18.5922828,-133.6897586,389426m/data=!3m1!1e3 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@18.5922828,-133.6897... Still looking for the Ares 3 base.
- NoGravitas 9y agoStreet view on Mars, with rover: https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@19.098134,-33.250752,3a,75y,78.75h,63.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4P8_06sQinAAAAQ3sfdQ1w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4P8_06sQinAAAAQ3sfdQ1w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D175.5%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i14000!8i7000 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@19.098134,-33.250752...
- NoGravitas 9y agoIt's kind of cool clicking around on Mars, looking at the places I recognize from KSR'r Mars Trilogy.
- aplaice 9y agoThe images are of quite a high resolution — they're even better than what you can get with celestia [0] and the (amazing) best surface and normal maps (by John van Vliet) [1]. Compare [2] and [3]. Celestia still has advantages — nicer zoomed out view (due to lack of "striping"), better navigation, arbitrary point of view, offline access. (Also, the lack of sufficiently detailed planetary maps adapted for Celestia isn't technically a flaw of the program itself.) [0] https://celestiaproject.net/ https://celestiaproject.net/ [1] http://celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/mars.php http://celestiamotherlode.net/catalog/mars.php [2] https://i.imgur.com/0R70L1r.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0R70L1r.jpg [3] https://i.imgur.com/VUPhwIw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VUPhwIw.jpg
- juhq 9y agoI wonder when we'll get directions on moon and mars
- Pigo 9y agoMy 5 year old son has recently become fascinated with the solar system, and Mars in particular. He's really interested in Olympus Mons too, which is why I was bummed to see it was mostly missing from the map. Why would there not be enough images of the second largest mountain in the solar system? Is it because it's too tall?
- zanny 9y agoHey, Olympus Mons. The SCP wiki decided to start giving me nightmares about it! http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2886 http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2886
- bastawhiz 9y agoThey do have altitude data. Hold control and drag the view, and you'll be able to explore it in 3D. As for why there's not much in the way of imagery, I'd guess it's because Olympus Mons is at least 40 million miles away at any given point.
- MikeTaylor 9y agoWhere is the Watney Triangle?
- Pt_ 9y agoDisappointed there is no route planner on Mars
- martin1b 9y agoWhat? No street view??
- s0rce 9y agohttps://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@19.098134,-33.250752,3a,75y,78.75h,63.33t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s4P8_06sQinAAAAQ3sfdQ1w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D4P8_06sQinAAAAQ3sfdQ1w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D175.5%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i14000!8i7000 https://www.google.com/maps/space/mars/@19.098134,-33.250752...
- zokier 9y agoFew months back I was looking for a map/poster of Mars and was quite surprised that there weren't that many good options. Almost all of the available full coverage images/maps were based on the ancient Viking data. Investigating bit deeper, apparently the modern high-resolution instruments have imaged only small portion of the surface, so there isn't a simple way to create complete map from those. Additionally, stiching the captured images apparently is highly non-trivial because the images have been taken over such long periods and from different angles etc. Different instruments have also different spectral responses, rarely being exactly plain normal rgb. If some image processing wizard would want to make a stab at merging all the different image sources, I think the results could be quite spectacular. The data is mostly there and publicly available, it just needs massive amounts of processing.
- taksintikk 9y ago"This link is not supported in the mobile version of Google Maps." Go Mo Google!
- Robotbeat 9y agoDo they have a VR version of this, yet? I like Google Earth VR, but really want to try Mars and the Moon.