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19 TECHNOLOGY THEPHUKETNEWS.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016 @thephuketnews The Ground Below H ave you ever been sat in the window seat, looking at the landscape below and wonder- ing just what exactly you were flying over? Learn about the ground beneath you as you fly with the all-new Flyover Country app. Designed to let travellers track their flight with a mobile phone’s GPS, Flyover Country is an outstanding app funded of- fline by the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation utilises the app for geoscience outreach and data discovery. The aim of Flyover Country is to educate avid travellers and normal people, not just scientists, about the world around them. It is an educational, entertaining app to keep on one’s mobile phone. Flyover Country has been designed to let users know what areas of inter- est are near the land they are travelling over. Whether users of the app are hik- ing, flying or simply on a cross-country road trip, Flyover Country analyses the surrounding area. The app then provides interactive points of interest such as sce- nic areas, popular landscapes and tour- ist attractions. Flyover Country is also able to reveal the location of fossils based upon previous georeferenced Wikipedia articles. The app provides information for where users are located at any given moment. Flyover Country is an amazing app to use while flying. Flyover Country is able to track the user’s GPS location including speed, altitude and the path in which the airplane is heading. Analysing the given flight path, Flyover Country caches points of interest and informative map data which in turn allows travellers to read about the exact locations that are current- ly beneath the airplane. The app is able to be used offline, so travellers do not need to rely on an airline’s sketchy Wi-Fi connec- tion to use it. Flyover Country can provide hours of educational fun during even the longest of flights. Worried about downloading too much data? With Flyover Country, by download- ing only the necessary data to a flight path, cache sizes remain manageable, al- lowing for a more robust experience offline when using the app. Flyover Country is not limited to air- planes. It is also a wonderful app to use when hiking or while on a road trip or enjoying outdoor activities. Users are indeed able to learn about the world with this very innovative app. Flyover Country is available for both Android and iOS, and the app is free to download. Amy Bensema is a long-term Phuket ex- pat with a keen interest in social media and tech. Check out @phuketstagram. SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket after launching Japanese satellite S paceX successfully landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a floating drone ship at sea early Sun- day (Aug 14) after the vehicle had sent a Japanese communications satellite into orbit. The California-based company's eighth launch this year was part of its ongoing effort to re-use costly rocket parts instead of jettisoning them into the ocean. It was also the fourth time SpaceX has vertically landed a used Falcon 9 rocket aboard a floating plat- form at sea. The white rocket launched under a dark night sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:26 am (0526 GMT). Less than three minutes into the flight, the rock- et's main stage separated as planned, with SpaceX mission control erupting in cheers as live video showed the moves. Around six minutes later, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship, drawing more cheers at mission control. The vertical landing on the reconverted deck barge in the Atlantic Ocean was especially challenging because the JCSAT-16 satellite had to be carried into a highly elliptical orbit some 22,300 miles (36,000 kilo- meters) above the Earth's equator. “The first stage will be subject to extreme veloci- ties and re-entry heating, making a successful land- ing challenging,” Space Exploration Technologies Corpora- tion – SpaceX's full name – said prior to the mission. The communications satellite will help provide more stable satel- lite services for video distribution and data transfer communications in Asia, Russia, Oceania, Middle East and North America. It was the second JCSAT satel- lite SpaceX has launched in four months for satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. SpaceX chief Elon Musk wants to revolutionise the launch indus- try by making rocket components reusable. AFP SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Flyover Country provides endless entertainment for travellers Application ABCs is a monthly column highlighting the latest in tech, social media and mobile phone applications. APPLICATION ABCs Amy Bensema [email protected] High level of detail.
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19TECHNOLOGYTHEPHUKETNEWS.COM FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2016
@thephuketnews
The Ground Below
Have you ever been sat in the window seat, looking at the landscape below and wonder-ing just what exactly you were flying over? Learn about the ground beneath you as you fly with the all-new Flyover Country app.
Designed to let travellers track their flight with a mobile phone’s GPS, Flyover Country is an outstanding app funded of-fline by the National Science Foundation. The National Science Foundation utilises
the app for geoscience outreach and data discovery. The aim of Flyover Country is to educate avid travellers and normal people, not just scientists, about the world around them. It is an educational, entertaining app to keep on one’s mobile phone.
Flyover Country has been designed to let users know what areas of inter-est are near the land they are travelling over. Whether users of the app are hik-ing, flying or simply on a cross-country road trip, Flyover Country analyses the surrounding area. The app then provides interactive points of interest such as sce-nic areas, popular landscapes and tour-ist attractions. Flyover Country is also able to reveal the location of fossils based upon previous georeferenced Wikipedia articles. The app provides information for where users are located at any given moment.
Flyover Country is an amazing app to
use while flying. Flyover Country is able to track the user’s GPS location including speed, altitude and the path in which the airplane is heading. Analysing the given flight path, Flyover Country caches points of interest and informative map data which in turn allows travellers to read about the exact locations that are current-ly beneath the airplane. The app is able to be used offline, so travellers do not need to rely on an airline’s sketchy Wi-Fi connec-tion to use it. Flyover Country can provide hours of educational fun during even the longest of flights.
Worried about downloading too much data? With Flyover Country, by download-ing only the necessary data to a flight path, cache sizes remain manageable, al-lowing for a more robust experience offline when using the app.
Flyover Country is not limited to air-planes. It is also a wonderful app to use when hiking or while on a road trip or
enjoying outdoor activities. Users are indeed able to learn about the world with this very innovative app.
Flyover Country is available for both Android and iOS, and the app is free to download.
Amy Bensema is a long-term Phuket ex-pat with a keen interest in social media and tech. Check out @phuketstagram.
SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket after launching Japanese satellite
SpaceX successfully landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a floating drone ship at sea early Sun-day (Aug 14) after the vehicle had sent a Japanese communications satellite into orbit.
The California-based company's eighth launch this year was part of its ongoing effort to re-use costly rocket parts instead of jettisoning them into the ocean.
It was also the fourth time SpaceX has vertically landed a used Falcon 9 rocket aboard a floating plat-form at sea.
The white rocket launched under a dark night sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:26 am (0526 GMT).
Less than three minutes into the flight, the rock-et's main stage separated as planned, with SpaceX mission control erupting in cheers as live video showed the moves.
Around six minutes later, the first stage landed on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship, drawing more cheers at mission control.
The vertical landing on the reconverted deck barge in the Atlantic Ocean was especially challenging because the JCSAT-16 satellite had to be carried into a highly elliptical orbit some 22,300 miles (36,000 kilo-meters) above the Earth's equator.
“The first stage will be subject to extreme veloci-ties and re-entry heating, making a successful land-ing challenging,” Space
Exploration Technologies Corpora-tion – SpaceX's full name – said prior to the mission.
The communications satellite will help provide more stable satel-lite services for video distribution
and data transfer communications in Asia, Russia, Oceania, Middle East and North America.
It was the second JCSAT satel-lite SpaceX has launched in four months for satellite operator SKY
Perfect JSAT Corporation.SpaceX chief Elon Musk wants
to revolutionise the launch indus-try by making rocket components reusable.
AFP
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Flyover Country provides endless entertainment for travellers
Application ABCs is a monthly column highlighting the latest in tech, social media and mobile phone applications.
APPLICATION ABCsAmy [email protected]
High level of detail.
