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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on March 13, 2006, 04:40:05 pm

Title: Google Mars
Post by: aldo_14 on March 13, 2006, 04:40:05 pm
http://www.google.com/mars/
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Col. Fishguts on March 13, 2006, 04:59:47 pm
Awesome :yes:

Olympus Mons is ****ing huge compared to the rest of the planet.
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Shade on March 13, 2006, 05:00:03 pm
Sorta cool. Would much prefer a non colour coded version though.
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: FireCrack on March 13, 2006, 05:01:08 pm
Not as big as Valles Marineris though, that thing's gargantuan!
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Col. Fishguts on March 13, 2006, 05:05:38 pm
Quote from: Shade on March 13, 2006, 05:00:03 pm
Sorta cool. Would much prefer a non colour coded version though.

Top/right corner: Elevation  Visible   Infrared
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Shade on March 13, 2006, 05:11:46 pm
Awesome. Thanks :)
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 13, 2006, 07:42:00 pm
Wow, that thing's actually pretty cool. :)
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Sandwich on March 14, 2006, 12:13:51 am
NASA's had a Mars plugin/add-on thingy for WorldWind (http://forum.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/index.php?showtopic=712) for over a year now. :p
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 14, 2006, 12:26:30 am
I remember last year in Backpacker magazine somebody worked out a hiking trail to the summit of Olympus Mons...
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Nuke on March 14, 2006, 04:24:32 am
im currently converting their elevation map of olympus mons into a 3d model in max :D
i think i stumbled on a better way to make 5 minute asteroids :D

*bah theese elevation maps suck. maybe i can get some better ones from nasa*
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Andreas on March 14, 2006, 06:03:07 am
Cool stuff.  :D :yes:

Has anybody seen any Shadow ships in Syria Planum?  ;)
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Deepblue on March 14, 2006, 05:32:03 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on March 14, 2006, 12:13:51 am
NASA's had a Mars plugin/add-on thingy for WorldWind (http://forum.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/index.php?showtopic=712) for over a year now. :p

But it's teh GOOGLE so it deserves insta-mass media coverage (tm)!
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Genoism on March 15, 2006, 12:28:10 am
is that really the whole planet? kinda looks too small when you lay it all out like that
Title: Re: Google Mars
Post by: Col. Fishguts on March 15, 2006, 03:17:13 am
Quote from: Deepblue on March 14, 2006, 05:32:03 pm
Quote from: Sandwich on March 14, 2006, 12:13:51 am
NASA's had a Mars plugin/add-on thingy for WorldWind (http://forum.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/index.php?showtopic=712) for over a year now. :p

But it's teh GOOGLE so it deserves insta-mass media coverage (tm)!

No, it's cooler because it runs in a browser instead of an additional program.