Monday, December 18, 2006

Space Google's Next Frontier

Google isn't just your guide to the web; soon it will be your guide to the galaxy. NASA's Ames Research Center will make its data about the Earth, Moon, and stars available to Google's search technology.

The Space Act Agreement is a technology sharing agreement in which the organizations will partner on manipulating massive data sets, distributed computing and user interface development.

NASA data will be incorporated into Google Earth, and in the future the groups will provide "Real-time weather visualization and forecasting, high-resolution 3- D maps of the moon and Mars, real-time tracking of the International Space Station and the space shuttle."

Google's search technology will be applied to the wealth of information that NASA collects about the environment on Earth.

Google's reputation as computing experts continues to grow as big boys like NASA turn to them for help. I can't wait to see what ads AdSense will bring up on pages covering the changing landscape of Tajikistan.

Posted By John Gartner at 10:52 AM
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