Imagine a version of Google Earth that uses existent - time imagery instead of geezerhood - old orbiter data . This is the assumption behindUrtheCast – a photographic camera that Russian astronauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy will be hop on today out of doors of the International Space Station . keep an eye on the installation - spacewalk live , here on io9 !
https://gizmodo.com/a-live-version-of-google-earth-will-be-here-a-lot-soone-5897500
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“ You have data that is being refreshed all the time , with videos coming down over interesting areas where interesting events are get going on , showing you what is changing , what is choke on , ” say George Tyc , the chief technology ship’s officer at UrtheCast , in an interview with Universe Today .
“ What we really hope to pull off is to change the prototype , get the casual person interacting and seeing the datum coming down from distance to see the Earth and how it is evolving over time in a way that is n’t available flop now . ”
Today ’s UrtheCast - installing spacewalk kicked off this aurora at 8 a.m. , and is scheduled to continue for 7 hours , give or take . For more information on UrtheCast and today ’s spacewalk , see out this in - astuteness slice from Universe Today .
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