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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Sky Map was designed and developed by a group of <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> engineers in <a href="/facts/Pittsburgh/42yPHyS0">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/facts/Pennsylvania/HGqC5bBm">Pennsylvania</a> as part of their <a href="/facts/Side_project_time/JnqAbukT">20% time</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>It's now "donated and open-sourced". </p> <h2 id="licensing">Licensing</h2> <p>On January 20, 2012, Google announced a student development partnership with <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a> and released Sky Map under the <a href="/facts/Apache_License/5AeIjas8">Apache 2.0</a> <a href="/facts/Open_source_license/FlFTwHmd">open source license</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="code">Code</h2> <p>The project is presently available in the form of a <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a> repository.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Google_Sky/jjJmIjmb">Google Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Planetarium_software/GpSDjx7e">Planetarium software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Stellarium/uETjanaa">Stellarium</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Star_chart/nKY9u81I">Star chart</a> - map of the night sky</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid">Sky Map</a> on <a href="/facts/Google_Play/j3N4wv6g">Google Play</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid/">Sky Map</a> at <i>GitHub</i></li> <li><a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/com.google.android.stardroid/"><i>Sky Map</i></a> Android package at the <a href="/facts/F-Droid/yNEV0XLW">F-Droid</a> repository</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>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. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150124/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/download-review/2126796/google-sky-map-android-helps-explore-universe" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120319150124/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/ca/download-review/2126796/google-sky-map-android-helps-explore-universe</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>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. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110217100101/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-sky-map-android-app-travels-time/story?id=12177867" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110217100101/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/google-sky-map-android-app-travels-time/story?id=12177867</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>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. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131206201504/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-Sky-Map-for-Android-now-open-source-1419779.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20131206201504/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Google-s-Sky-Map-for-Android-now-open-source-1419779.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Taylor, John; Serafini, Kevin (2012-01-20). "Open-sourcing Sky Map and collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University". Research @ Google. Retrieved 2013-10-23. <a href="http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-sourcing-sky-map-and-collaborating.html" target="_blank">http://googleresearch.blogspot.com/2012/01/open-sourcing-sky-map-and-collaborating.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"stardroid". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-03-08. <a href="https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid/" target="_blank">https://github.com/sky-map-team/stardroid/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>