Sky Map

Sky Map
DevelopersGoogle
Penterakt LLC
Stable release
2.0.0 / 2 September 2026
Operating systemAndroid, iOS
TypePlanetarium software
LicenseGnu General Public License Version 3.0
Websitegetskymap.app
Repository
Sky Map in use on a Nexus One

Sky Map is a planetarium software application for Android and iOS. It was designed and developed by a group of Google engineers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of their 20% time, and is now "donated and open-sourced", available as a GitHub repository.

Licensing

On January 20, 2012, Google announced a student development partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and released Sky Map under the Apache 2.0 open source license.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sky Map release 2.0.0". GitHub. 2 September 2026. Retrieved 3 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Temperton, James (2011-11-22). "Google Sky Map for Android helps you explore the universe". Computeractive. Incisive Media. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  3. ↑ Baig, Edward C. (2010-11-17). "Google Sky Map Android app travels through time". USA Today. ABC News. Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  4. ↑ Walker-Morgan, Dj (2012-01-23). "Google's Sky Map for Android now open source". The H. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
  5. ↑ "stardroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  6. ↑ Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. Retrieved 2013-10-23.