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  2. Sputnik 1 - Wikipedia

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    Sputnik 1 (/ ˈ s p ʌ t n ɪ k, ˈ s p ʊ t n ɪ k /, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 as part of the Soviet space program. It sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its three silver-zinc ...

  3. Landsat 7 - Wikipedia

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    Landsat 7 Schematic. Landsat 7 was designed to last for five years, and has the capacity to collect and transmit up to 532 images per day. It is in a polar, Sun-synchronous orbit, meaning it scans across the entire Earth's surface.

  4. Remote sensing - Wikipedia

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    An Earth observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed for Earth observation (EO) from orbit, including spy satellites and similar ones intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, cartography and others.

  5. Hollow Earth - Wikipedia

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    The Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space. Notably suggested by Edmond Halley in the late 17th century, the notion was disproven, first tentatively by Pierre Bouguer in 1740, then definitively by Charles Hutton in his Schiehallion experiment around 1774.

  6. Google Street View in Africa - Wikipedia

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    On September 1, 2009, Google announced that it started collecting images in South Africa for Google Maps Street View. [9] Google is currently driving around South Africa in Toyota Priuses, taking photographs of locations in the cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London.

  7. Talk:Google Maps/Archive 3 - Wikipedia

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    Point 6 in the article lists: "Google's use of Google Maps: 6.1 Google Mars, 6.2 Google Moon, 6.3 Google Ride Finder, 6.4 Google Transit". I would like to add 6.5: Google Maps Mobile. I'm not sure how old it is, but it appears that there's now a separate interface for Maps suitable for viewing on Java-enabled phones (Blackberrys and the like).

  8. Here WeGo - Wikipedia

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    Here WeGo is a web mapping and satellite navigation software, operated by HERE Technologies and available on the Web and mobile platforms. It is based on HERE's location data platform, providing its in-house data, which includes satellite views, traffic data, and other location services.

  9. Terravision (computer program) - Wikipedia

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    Google Earth was released in 2001. Because Terravision was the first system to provide a seamless web navigation and visualization of the earth in a massively large spatial data environment, Joachim Sauter called it a prequel to Google Earth. [1] In 2014, ART+COM filed a lawsuit against Google, claiming it infringed the 1995 patent rights of ...

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