If you just want maps and terrain of Mars then that has already been done, I beleive captured mostly by satellites orbiting Mars.
Google Mars (Maps): http://www.google.com/mars/ How to get it in the API: http://code.google.com/search/#p=maps&q=mars And now in Google Earth: http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2009/02/google_earth_5_the_new_google_mars.html I think Rossko thought you meant (as I would reading your initial question) to allow martians to be able to use a handheld device to locate themselves on the planet, that would require a GPS constellation of satellites. :) On 15/03/2009, Jhourlad Estrella <[email protected]> wrote: > So it's possible, then? I don't think there is already a need to put up a > satellite cluster around it at the moment. Maybe a system of 3 to 9 high > intensity telescope based on earth is enough for the mean time. Since there > there is no high demand for real-time tracking yet. What we need at the > moment is to capture the surface terrain in detail and it will be done by > acquiring a snapshot of it at time-interval as it rotates on its axis. We > can start with 3 telescopes aiming at 90°, 45° and 180° angle simultaneously > with a few miles range each. Granting Mars is a perfect sphere then the 1st > and 3rd telescope and its range is equal to 1/3 of the total range of the 3 > telescopes then it will have to shoot at 1/3 of the interval of the 2nd > telescope. with this we can have an almost perfect synchronized 2D image > that can be rendered flat just like a typical paper map. > > Commercial application is for geodetic (if not geographical) survey. > > What do you think? > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Someday man will inhabit planet Mars. So I am thinking GPS applications > > > development for Martian use. Is this already available in Google? > > > > First you'll have to establish a GPS satellite cloud around > > Mars ... ;) > > > > I don't think there's anything in Google's Terms to stop you doing > > that, though. > > > > cheers, Ross K > > > > > > > > > > -- > JHOURLAD ESTRELLA > http://www.hiboohi.com > http://blog.hiboohi.com > Email:[email protected] > Y!M: [email protected] > Phone: +966 560 764 350 > > > > -- Barry - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
