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Google Earth physics

C E Aguiar et al 2009 Phys. Educ. 44 624-626   doi: 10.1088/0031-9120/44/6/009  Help

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C E Aguiar1 and A R Souza1,2
1 Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 Colégio Pedro II, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
E-mail: carlos@if.ufrj.br and andersoncp2@gmail.com

Abstract. Google Earth photographs often show ships and their wakes in great detail. We discuss how the images can be used to calculate the velocity of these ships.

Print publication: Issue 6 (November 2009)
Received 19 July 2009

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