Google Earth Now Shows Latest Images of Mars

Google Earth 5.0 is a fun and free way to waste time, and now it’s even better with the updated Mars in Google Earth, a 3D mapping tool that lets astronomy buffs and armchair astronauts roam the Red Planet.

You now can view antique maps of Mars from over a century ago, as well as the latest images from today’s Mars spacecraft. In addition, you can go on virtual flybys with NASA’s Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and get guided tours of the planet from Public Radio’s Ira Flatow and Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

For a quick tutorial of the new Mars in Google Earth features, check out this Google overview. Below is a brief summary of the highlights:

To travel to the Red Planet, go to the top toolbar and click “Mars.”





This flies you to the Mars, where you can explore current maps or travel back in time to see antique maps by astronomers Giovanni Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell, and others:





For a present-day look at Mars, select images from a variety of modern spacecraft, including the Phoenix and Beagle2 landers and the Opportunity and Spirit rovers:



Conspiracy buffs will want to try the zoom tool. It’s great for exploring mysterious imagery like the Face on Mars:



A guided audio tour helps you find your way around the planet. You can pause the tour to explore areas of interest like the Valles Marineris, a vast system of canyons that’s 1860 miles long:





You can even see satellite images being taken by the NASA THEMIS camera onboard the Mars Odyssey spacecraft.





Mars in Google Earth is a lot of fun! (Sorry, no GPS navigation yet for the Red Planet.)



Jeff Bertolucci, PC World

Mar 14, 2009 5:00 am
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Love Detector

Seoul - When Valentine yesterday, many people seems to reveal a sense of race unfortunately. However, Are you sure you express the feeling that if it was true-that's subconscious. If not sure, just measure his honesty.



At least this is the case try offered Freetel Korea Telecom (KTF) to customers. Plans Ginseng country of origin to make this service 'love detector' that allows people to analyze voice patterns of others via the phone, so that honesty can be the expression of feelings.




KTF price services' detectors in love 'with the price USD 1.59 ($ 1 = Rp 9170, source: detikcom) for unlimited usage for a month.



"We created this service because we feel many people want to know the feelings of other people against themselves," said Ahn Hee-jung, KTF representative, as quoted detikINET of i4u, Friday (15/2/2008).




For users who do a video conference can view such a 'measure of love' in the display ponselnya when the conversation took place. After that, they will receive the results of analysis of the conversation via a short message that indicates I think, surprise, concentration and honesty to speak the opponent. (Ash / ash)


Source : DetikINET
Image Source : Faceache.files
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Google Sinks Atlantis Discovery Buzz.... Pencarian Atlantis "Kota Yang Hilang" dengan Aplikasi dari Google..

Last week, a British man announced he'd found the lost city of Atlantis using Google Ocean -- the latest add-on to Google Earth that features 3D bathymetry, which lets you explore the ocean floor. The supposed ‘Atlantis' image is about 620 miles off the northwestern coast of Africa and south of Portugal. It shows a rectangular grid with what looks like roadways leading away from it at the coordinates 31 15'15.53N 24 15'30.53W. According to The Telegraph, the newspaper that first reported the "discovery," the pattern is roughly the size of Wales (around 8,000 sq. mi.).


Friday's find sparked intense interest online despite the farfetched claim. Many scratched their heads wondering, what if? After all, this underwater discovery seemed to match the location Plato had described in his writings. Plato said Atlantis was a massive island that was "larger than Libya and Asia together," and located at a "distant point in the Atlantic Ocean...in front of the mouth of the pillars of Hercules" (the Straits of Gibraltar).

Google Quashes Atlantis Buzz

Alas, the Atlantis discovery was not meant to be. Google quashed the idea a day later in a statement, "what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process," Google said. "Bathymetric (or seafloor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the seafloor. The lines reflect the path of the boat as it gathers the data."

Google Earth has been responsible for several amazing discoveries in the past as the company pointed out: "It's true that many amazing discoveries have been made in Google Earth -- a pristine forest in Mozambique that is home to previously unknown species, a fringing coral reef off the coast of Australia, and the remains of an Ancient Roman villa, to name just a few." Unfortunately, Atlantis will not be added to this list.



Atlantis X-File?


Despite Google's denial, some conspiracy theorists reject the company's explanation and say the search giant might be participating in a cover-up. Now, c'mon, folks -- the boat-with-sonar explanation is just as plausible as the Atlantis theory. Not to mention the fact that Plato was describing a city that perished 9000 years before his birth, so who knows if it was ever real in the first place!

In other news, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt embarked on an impromptu fact-finding mission to Portugal and Morocco this week. Just kidding!

Wondering what else might be "out there" on Google Earth? Check out PCWorld's "Getting Your Feet Wet With Google Ocean: First Look in Images" or "Strangest Sights in Google Earth."


Source : Ian Paul, PC World
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