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Google Maps Space - Space out with planets in Google Maps

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Space out to the moons and back! With 12 new planets and moons to explore, the google maps galaxy just got bigger

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Turns out the Google Maps interaction is a great way of looking at places generally and they’ve embraced this. Everyone knows how to use it so there’s no learning curve. Love it.

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A great example of using a platform's capabilities for more than it was initially designed for.

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Could do with a simpler URL maybe? space.google.com?

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This will be a great learning too for kids and so much fun for everyone.

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See actual planets and moons up close and personal

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Productivity will be down for the day

I worked in the US for a year at a consulting firm and we often had to make maps using Google Earth as a reference... but man so many hours wasted looking at cool stuff in national parks and planets 🙄
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I'm so excited about this!
I saw this a few days back too and instantly fell in love with it! There's a lot to learn with this tool.

Cool))

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Cool))

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Cool))

We've been waiting for ages to get planets in our gadgets and computers!!! :)

This is amazing and is an example of how far technology has gone.

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Visuals and interactions are easy to use and understand.

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Doesn't work in Firefox

This is great, hopefully I will come back here in the future and say wow it was possible just like a human can fly in the sky.
Really like this but I would love it even more if it would actually show the celestial bodies in relation to each other instead of just swapping them out. It would be bad ass to be able to "fly" from Earth to Mars and pass by the sun along the way.
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