Comments on: Astronomers Eager to Add to Sky in Google Earth http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth anything under the sky Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:40:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth#comment-4583 sky Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:55:35 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth#comment-4583 <a href="http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/google-to-provi.html" rel="nofollow">Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data</a>. (Wired) <blockquote> Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, <a href="http://research.google.com" rel="nofollow">http://research.google.com</a>, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and first previewed to the scientific community at the Science Foo camp at the Googleplex last August, missed its original launch date this week, but will debut soon. Building on the company's acquisition of the data visualization technology, Trendalyzer, from the oft-lauded, TED presenting Gapminder team, Google will also be offering algorithms for the examination and probing of the information. The new site will have YouTube-style annotating and commenting features. </blockquote> Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Science Data. (Wired)

Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all. The project, known as Palimpsest and first previewed to the scientific community at the Science Foo camp at the Googleplex last August, missed its original launch date this week, but will debut soon.

Building on the company’s acquisition of the data visualization technology, Trendalyzer, from the oft-lauded, TED presenting Gapminder team, Google will also be offering algorithms for the examination and probing of the information. The new site will have YouTube-style annotating and commenting features.

]]> By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth#comment-223 sky Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:52:54 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth#comment-223 <a href="http://www.realityprime.com/articles/google-earth-for-the-human-body" rel="nofollow">Google Earth, for the Human Body</a>. Google Earth, for the Human Body.

]]> By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth#comment-177 sky Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:32:54 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/astronomers-eager-to-add-to-sky-in-google-earth#comment-177 <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,137265-pg,1/article.html" rel="nofollow">The Most Spectacular Sights in Google Sky</a>. PC World has created a file of Placemarks that includes all of those sights that are shown in the article. Open the file in Google Sky to view them. The Most Spectacular Sights in Google Sky. PC World has created a file of Placemarks that includes all of those sights that are shown in the article. Open the file in Google Sky to view them.

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