One of Google’s more interesting apps is set for a major evolution. The Sky Map application has gone from being a modest app highlighting the Android platform’s capabilities to becoming one of the most popular apps on Android devices, as 20 million Android users use it. As part of the app’s continued growth, Google has decided to “donate the Sky Map to the community”.
Google is tag-teaming with educators and astronomy enthusiasts to bring the future of the Sky Map to the masses. It will collaborate with Carnegie Mellon University which will see further development of the Sky Map through a series of student projects. Moreover, Google has made the app open-sourced, allowing astronomers to “take the code and augment it as they wish”.
If you don’t have the Sky Map on your Droid, why not give it a whirl today? You can find it at the Android Market or using the QR code below.
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