The system is being used as an aid to VIU students, but it has also proven to be a handy interactive outreach tool at science fairs and public events. The augmented reality sandbox will be displayed ...

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Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...

Moon Lidar is a visualization of the data collected by NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) mission. According to this factsheet, the visualization includes nearly six billion measurements.

AMONG the latest additions to Bartholomew's General World Series are maps of the Middle East (Persia, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and North Arabia) and the Far East (China, Japan, Korea and ...

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