Sky Map

Sky Map
Developer(s)	Google; Carnegie Mellon University
Stable release	1.9.2[1] / 1 October 2016
Repository	github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid;
Operating system	Android
Type	Planetarium software
License	Apache License, Version 2.0
Website	github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid

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

Sky Map in use on a Nexus One

History

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

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

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

References

"Release 1.9.2". 1 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
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.
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.
Walker-Morgan, Dj (2012-01-23). "Google's Sky Map for Android now open source". The H. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
"stardroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-08.

External links

Sky Map on Google Play
Sky Map at GitHub
Sky Map Android package at the F-Droid repository

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[wikidata-d262d2d0e7226ee12d07c65dd1d35be264610892-v3-1] "Release 1.9.2". 1 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2018.

[Temperton_2011-11-22-2] 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.

[Baig-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.

[H-4] Walker-Morgan, Dj (2012-01-23). "Google's Sky Map for Android now open source". The H. Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

[2012-01-20_R@G-5] Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. Retrieved 2013-10-23.

[Official_repository-6] "stardroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-08.