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Washington,
Sept19:
NASA
has
made
available
new
higher
resolution
lunar
imagery
and
maps
which
includes
the
agency"s
multimedia
content
on
the
Google
Moon
Web
site.
Updates
include
new
content
from
the
Apollo
missions,
including
dozens
of
embedded
panoramic
images,
links
to
audio
clips
and
videos,
and
descriptions
of
the
astronauts" activities
during
the
missions.
The
agency
said
the
new
content
is
overlaid
on
updated,
higher-resolution
lunar
maps.
Detailed
charts
of
different
regions
of
the
moon
suitable
for
use
by
anyone
simulating
a
lunar
mission
have
also
been
added,
it
said
in
a
statement.
“NASA's
objective
is
for
Google
Moon
to
become
a
more
accurate
and
useful
lunar
mapping
platform
that
will
be
a
foundation
for
future
web-based
moon
applications,
much
like
the
many
applications
that
have
been
built
on
top
of
Google
Maps.
This
will
make
it
easier
for
scientists
everywhere
to
make
lunar
data
more
available
and
accessible," said
Chris
C.
Kemp,
director
of
strategic
business
development
at
NASA's
Ames
Research
Center,
Moffett
Field,
California.
The
statement
further
said
Google
Moon's
visible
imagery
and
topography
have
been
aligned
with
the
recently
updated
lunar
coordinate
system
and
it
can
be
used
for
scientifically
accurate
mission
planning
and
data
analysis.
The
new
site
is
designed
to
be
user-
friendly
and
encourage
the
exchange
of
data
and
ideas
among
scientists
and
amateur
astronomers,
the
statement
said.
Incidentally,
the
announcement
closely
follows
the
release
of
new
NASA
content
in
Google
Earth,
including
photographs
taken
by
NASA
astronauts
and
imagery
from
NASA's
Earth
observing
satellite
sensors,
such
as
the
Sea-viewing
Wide
Field
of
View
Sensor,
Landsat
and
the
Moderate
Resolution
Imaging
Spectrometer.
Astronaut photography was developed in collaboration with the Crew Earth Observations team, part of the Image Science and Analysis Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston. Satellite imagery of Earth was developed in partnership with the Earth Observatory team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The alliance was accomplished under a Space Act Agreement signed in December 2006 by Google and NASA's Ames Research Center.
