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The Liquid Galaxy is an open source project founded by Google. Created in 2008 by Google employee Jason Holt, the Liquid Galaxy started out as a panoramic multi-display Google 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 navigate Google Earth, view videos and photos, develop interactive tours, and graphically display GIS 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] and Westfield State University [6]) use Liquid Galaxies.
For most of the life of Liquid Galaxy, Liquid Galaxy construction and support has been outsourced to End Point Corporation. [7] Other companies like Tietronix and GLGteam have also produced Liquid Galaxy systems. [8]