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Google: How To Leverage the Power of Internet Searching

Get the most from your Internet searches by learning the best strategies, tips, and tools available when using the Google search engine.

About Google Mars

 

Google Mars is created through collaborations with NASA researchers at Arizona State University.  Working with Google, they have created some detailed scientific maps of Mars. Google Mars works the same as Google maps, complete with landmarks and other features.

Exploring with Google Mars!

 

Mars

Get to Google Mars.

When you first launch Google Mars you see an Elevation view with bright colours indicating various altitudes. There is a convenient scale at the lower left of the screen.

Navigation is similar to Google Maps:

  • arrows on navigation bar
  • zoom slider on top left
  • mouse can select and drag areas of the map
  • mouse can zoom in or out

Other map views are:

  • Visible - landscape in grayscale
  • Infrared - mosaic of thermal images (colours highlight temperatures- warmer areas are bright and cooler areas dark)

In either of these views you can toggle between features like:

  • regions
  • spacecraft
  • mountains
  • canyons and craters
  • dunes, plains, and ridges
Pass your mouse over any feature and a description bubble will appear with details.

Google LatLong Blog

 

Learn more about using Google Map by reading the LatLong Blog.