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- DrBob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Don't forget that we can "map" an awful lot more than we can explore simply through observation of light, other electromagnetic waves, and the effects of gravity.
- Protoman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't see why people keep putting anything with the words "open source" in the linux/unix section. Im pretty sure there are open source programs for Windows and OS X too.
- Foma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@fkr2:
The post is completely accurate. Only the data sets are under the Digital Universe license, while the software to view those datasets (Partiview) is covered by the Illinois Open Source License (why did you cut that sentence out of your excerpt?). So this article is indeed about "mapping the universe with open source software."
@stox:
Thanks for letting me know about Xephem. The only such software I knew much about was Celestia (which is licensed under the GPL). - stox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For a real open source program to explore the heavens, I recommend Xephem. I like the prgram so much, I bought a telescope that would interface with it.
- SPLASTiK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.stellarium.org/
Open Source, Multi-Platform and apparently is being used by planetarium projectors.
Maybe not as hardcore as some of the other programs out there, but it's pretty sweet. - MasterDirk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Free, open-source, great looking, multi-platform space simlulator: Celestia!
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html - croxis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The point?
Probably the same point when some crazy guy shined a flashlight on a metal plate in a vacuum tube. - fiver22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1direct to download link: http://haydenplanetarium.org/universe/download/packages/
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6It's not open source, it's free, and only for personal/educational use. There's a difference.
From TFA:
The Digital Universe license, while not open source, allows users to freely download and distribute verbatim copies of the Atlas, as well as add data and alter existing data. "It is free to those who wish to use it on a PC, for personal or educational use," says Abbott. "But we have retained some control over the data sets to maintain their quality. A curatorial process is necessary to maintain our standards for accuracy." - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2this is a great Digg, thank you for adding.
- flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I like both..... poop, ding ding!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2What's the point of google earth? Enjoyment, learning and finding anomolies you can pretend are floating cars / secret army bases / etc. Same thing goes for this.
- NeoRicen, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2It's not open source, inaccurate.
- priceless721, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2like poop or like ding ding?
- blinky04, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2How much of the universe?
Considering we havn't physically gotten much farther then the moon.. I don't see how far it could go. - blinky04, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Yeah but whats the point?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Oh right - the software you use is open source, just not the bit with the universe in it. My mistake.
Coming next week - Google Earth open sourced, just not the bit with the maps in it. - flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -10/+3I like poop?
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