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Subject:
an Iphone into space
From:
Angie Cope <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:24:28 -0500
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Subject:        an Iphone into space
Date:   Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:15:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:       Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi, all,

Ok, I'll admit this is tangentially mappy - perhaps the use of GPS?
But, it is very cool.  A father and son decide to send an Iphone into
earth to see the curvature and the blackness of space.  Here are the
results:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/16/father-and-son-send-iphon_n_765369.html

Julie

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Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data &
Services
Acting Head Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
Stanford University
397 Panama Mall; MC 2211
Stanford, CA 94305
(650)725-1102

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