Google Prepping Cell Phone App to Aid Amateur Star Gazers
Google Prepping Cell Phone App to Aid Amateur Star Gazers
Posted 05/11/2009 at 11:05am
| by Paul Lilly
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Budding astronomers who have trouble finding Orion's Belt (or any constellation) may soon get some help from Google, providing the struggling star gazer carries an Android-based cell phone. That's because the search giant plans to release a new mobile phone application called Star Droid, although no launch date has yet been set.
"There are lots of great applications being produced all the time so you will just have to watch this space," a Google spokeswoman said.
Not a whole lot is known about the upcoming application, but according to the UK's Telegraph, Star Droid will use GPS technology to compare the position of the phone to that of existing maps of space. Nametags will accompany stars and planets as seen through the phone's viewfinder.
Word on the web is that Star Droid will be a free download from the Android Market.
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marshallladd
May 11, 2009 at 5:52pm
Kinda like a mobile stellarium with GPS. Cool idea. Will be fun to play with, especially if it is a free app.
Keith E. Whisman
May 11, 2009 at 5:20pm
Seems like that would come in handy next time I'm lost in Space.
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