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Sky Map

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Sky Map
Developer(s)Google
Carnegie Mellon University
Stable release
1.9.2[1] / 1 October 2016; 17 July 2020
Repository
Operating systemAndroid
TypePlanetarium software
LicenseApache License, Version 2.0
Websitegithub.com/sky-map-team/stardroid
Sky Map in use on a Nexus One

Sky Map is an Android planetarium software application.[2][3]

History

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Sky Map was designed and developed by a group of Google engineers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of their 20% time.[4]

It's now "donated and open-sourced".

Licensing

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On January 20, 2012, Google announced a student development partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and released Sky Map under the Apache 2.0 open source license.[5]

Code

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The project is presently available in the form of a GitHub repository.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Release 1.9.2". 1 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. ^ Temperton, James (2011-11-22). "Google Sky Map for Android helps you explore the universe". Computeractive. Incisive Media. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  3. ^ Baig, Edward C. (2010-11-17). "Google Sky Map Android app travels through time". USA Today. ABC News. Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  4. ^ Walker-Morgan, Dj (2012-01-23). "Google's Sky Map for Android now open source". The H. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  5. ^ Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  6. ^ "stardroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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