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TheLiquid Galaxy is an open source project founded byGoogle. Created in 2008 by Google employee Jason Holt, the Liquid Galaxy started out as a panoramic multi-displayGoogle Earth viewer, but shifted to a general data visualization tool for various uses including operations, marketing, and research.[1]
The Liquid Galaxy enables users to navigateGoogle Earth, view videos and photos, develop interactive tours, and graphically displayGIS data.[2]
Liquid Galaxies are regularly used by Google to showcase Google's geospatial technologies and to promote its image at trade shows and exhibits. Some companies, nonprofits (e.g. Sylvia Earle Alliance/Mission Blue[3]), and universities (e.g.Auburn University,[4]University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,[5] andWestfield State University[6]) use Liquid Galaxies.
For most of the life of Liquid Galaxy, Liquid Galaxy construction and support has been outsourced toEnd Point Corporation.[7] Other companies likeTietronix andGLGteam have also produced Liquid Galaxy systems.[8]
