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Track Santa's progress on your phone, Google Earth, Twitter

Google and NORAD team up to follow Mr. Claus's 24-hour journey around the world.

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Mobile, Computing | by Barb Dybwad | Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:45AM | 0 comments

In what has been an annual tradition since 1955, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is teaming up with search giant Google (who joined the fun in 2004) to visually track Santa's 24-hour journey around the world today. Google engineer Brian McClendon reflects on the history of the tradition on Google's blog and describes some of the updates to the Santa Tracker in 2008, including geo-located photos from Panoramio viewable in Google Maps and the ability to keep tabs on Kris Kringle's progress on your cell phone via Google Maps for mobile; simply activate the service and search for "norad santa." You can also get updates from one of his elfish minions on Twitter by following @noradsanta, and check out the full multimedia experience including YouTube videos from the Santa Cam by downloading Google Earth and a custom santa.kml file provided by Google.

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external link Following the Big Man: Google and NORAD Team… [ReadWriteWeb]
external link Google and NORAD Team-Up Again to Track Santa… [Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
external link How to Track Santa With Google Earth [geeksugar]
external link NORAD Tracks Santa's 24-Hour Worldwide Flight… [Lifehacker]
external link Santa must be real, he's on Google Earth [CNET News.com]
external link Santa must be real, he's on Google Earth [Webware.com]
external link Track Santa Via Your BlackBerry!! [CrackBerry]
external link Track Santa with Google Maps for mobile! [Google Mobile Blog]
external link Track Santa's journey on Google Earth [TechRadar: All Latest Feeds]

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