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Subject: RE: an Iphone into space
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:42:36 +0100
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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But what do the (few remaining?) 'Flat Earthers' make of it? Or are
heads still in sand? (No need of reply!)
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From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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Subject: an Iphone into space
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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_765
369.html
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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