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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]>
To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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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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