Probably one of the most interesting pieces of free software available for download is NASA World Wind from NASA.
Yes - this is the same NASA that put man on the moon etc.
Some of the many delights that you can do with this s/w are (as shown at the site):
World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data to experience Earth terrain (or any planet with the data) in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. Virtually visit anyplace in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps or along the African Sahara.
And I have tried it - and it is REALLY beautiful!
An additional download site some of the data that would otherwise need to be downloaded from NASA's site when you 'zoom' in too close.
Also - you will need to download the patch that will upgrade you to 1.2c
You can have hours of fun!
Yes - this is the same NASA that put man on the moon etc.
Some of the many delights that you can do with this s/w are (as shown at the site):
World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data to experience Earth terrain (or any planet with the data) in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. Virtually visit anyplace in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps or along the African Sahara.
And I have tried it - and it is REALLY beautiful!
An additional download site some of the data that would otherwise need to be downloaded from NASA's site when you 'zoom' in too close.
Also - you will need to download the patch that will upgrade you to 1.2c
You can have hours of fun!
posted by Indian© at 11:58 AM
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