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Google Moon is a service similar to Google Maps
Google Maps

Google Maps is a free web mapping service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, #Google Ride Finder, Google Transit and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps Application programming interface....
 that shows satellite images of the Moon
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
. It was launched by Google
Google

Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
 on July 20, 2005, the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11
Apollo 11

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Apollo program and the third human voyage to the Moon....
 lunar landing. The landing site of each of the Apollo missions is shown on the satellite image, providing more information on each mission as the user zooms in.

first version of Google Moon only included low-resolution satellite imagery of the entire Moon, and when zoomed in too far, a Swiss cheese
Swiss cheese

Swiss cheese is the generic name, in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, for several related varieties of cheese, all of which resemble the Emmental ....
 pattern would appear.

current version of Google Moon has three modes.

lo provides information about each of the Apollo missions, including placemarks, maps, images, video, and Street View
Google Street View

Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360? horizontal and 290? vertical panoramic street level views and allows users to view parts of some regions of the world at ground level....
-style panoramas, all provided by NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
.

mode provides the satellite imagery for the Moon, provided by the Clementine mission
Clementine mission

Clementine was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and NASA. The objective of the mission was to test sensors and spacecraft components under extended exposure to the space environment and to make scientific observations of the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos....
.

shows a false color rendering of the Moon's elevation.

arts layer is also available.






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Google Moon is a service similar to Google Maps
Google Maps

Google Maps is a free web mapping service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, #Google Ride Finder, Google Transit and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps Application programming interface....
 that shows satellite images of the Moon
Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
. It was launched by Google
Google

Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
 on July 20, 2005, the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11
Apollo 11

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Apollo program and the third human voyage to the Moon....
 lunar landing. The landing site of each of the Apollo missions is shown on the satellite image, providing more information on each mission as the user zooms in.

Early version

Google Moon
The first version of Google Moon only included low-resolution satellite imagery of the entire Moon, and when zoomed in too far, a Swiss cheese
Swiss cheese

Swiss cheese is the generic name, in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States, for several related varieties of cheese, all of which resemble the Emmental ....
 pattern would appear.

Current version

The current version of Google Moon has three modes.

Apollo mode

Apollo provides information about each of the Apollo missions, including placemarks, maps, images, video, and Street View
Google Street View

Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides 360? horizontal and 290? vertical panoramic street level views and allows users to view parts of some regions of the world at ground level....
-style panoramas, all provided by NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
.

Visible mode

This mode provides the satellite imagery for the Moon, provided by the Clementine mission
Clementine mission

Clementine was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and NASA. The objective of the mission was to test sensors and spacecraft components under extended exposure to the space environment and to make scientific observations of the Moon and the near-Earth asteroid 1620 Geographos....
.

Elevation

This shows a false color rendering of the Moon's elevation.

Charts

A Charts layer is also available. This shows charts for certain areas of the Moon's surface.

Future

According to the , Google is working to allow Google Moon to be viewed using the Google Earth
Google Earth

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004....
 client.

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