Sky Map
{{short description|Android software app}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Sky Map
| logo = File:Sky Map logo.png
| screenshot =
| caption =
| developer = Google
Carnegie Mellon University
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}
| programming language =
| operating system = Android
| genre = Planetarium software
| license = Apache License, Version 2.0
| website = {{URL|https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid}}
}}
Sky Map is an Android planetarium software application.{{cite news | first = James | last = Temperton | title = Google Sky Map for Android helps you explore the universe | date = 2011-11-22 | publisher = Incisive Media | url = http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/download-review/2126796/google-sky-map-android-helps-explore-universe | work = Computeractive | access-date = 2013-10-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150124/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/download-review/2126796/google-sky-map-android-helps-explore-universe | archive-date = 2012-03-19}}{{cite news | first = Edward C. | last = Baig | title = Google Sky Map Android app travels through time | date = 2010-11-17 | publisher = ABC News | url = https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-sky-map-android-app-travels-time/story?id=12177867 | work = USA Today | access-date = 2013-10-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110217100101/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-sky-map-android-app-travels-time/story?id=12177867 | archive-date = 2011-02-17}}
History
Sky Map was designed and developed by a group of Google engineers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of their 20% time.{{cite news | first = Dj | last = Walker-Morgan | title = Google's Sky Map for Android now open source | date = 2012-01-23 | url = http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-Sky-Map-for-Android-now-open-source-1419779.html | work = The H | access-date = 2013-10-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131206201504/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-Sky-Map-for-Android-now-open-source-1419779.html | archive-date = 2013-12-06 | url-status = dead }}
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.{{cite news | first = John | last = Taylor |author2=Serafini, Kevin | title = Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University | date = 2012-01-20 | url = http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-sourcing-sky-map-and-collaborating.html | work = Research @ Google | access-date = 2013-10-23}}
Code
The project is presently available in the form of a GitHub repository.{{cite web | url = https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid/ | title = stardroid | access-date = 2016-03-08 | publisher = GitHub}}
See also
- Google Sky
- Planetarium software
- Stellarium
- Star chart - map of the night sky
References
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External links
- {{Google Play|com.google.android.stardroid|Sky Map}}
- [https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid/ Sky Map] at GitHub
- {{F-Droid|com.google.android.stardroid|Sky Map}}
Category:Free and open-source Android software