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Using Google Maps to Calculate your Roof’s Solar Potential

Have you ever heard of a Google Maps mashup? A mashup, at least in this context, is a melding of two technologies to form a third technology, usually in a creative manner. A Google Maps mashup, as one would surmise, is constructed by leveraging the massive amounts of data available from the Google Maps project.  [...]

The sky is not the limit for Google

Google has teamed up with astronomers at a number of observatories to bring us their latest webapp, Google Sky. Similar to the notions behind Google Maps & Earth, Google Sky provides a way for everyone to explore the universe, whether or not E.T. is hiding in your closet. Unlike traditional telescopes, Google also projects [...]