****************************************
|
(August 25 2005) (link) |
Posted on 08/22/2006 7:06:19 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
|
World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and SRTM elevation data to experience Earth in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. Particular focus was put into the ease of usability so people of all ages can enjoy World Wind. All one needs to control World Wind is a two button mouse. Additional guides and features can be accessed though a simplified menu. Navigation is automated with single clicks of a mouse as well as the ability to type in any location and automatically zoom into it. World Wind was designed to run on recent PC hardware with 3D acceleration. Please refer to the download section for more information on system requirements.
|
***********************************************
*******************************************
Could NASA’s World Winds give Google Earth a run for its money? I am a big fan of Google Earth so I downloaded the 59MB World Winds program and decided to see what it is all about, you should as well. Also included in the download is World Wind Mars and World Wind Moon.
fyi
Should have given credit to these guys as authors:
***********************************************
World Wind is developed at NASA Ames Research Center by Chris Maxwell, Randy Kim, Tom Gaskins, Frank Kuehnel and project manager Patrick Hogan.
I used to have World wind on the computer but I dumped it in favor of Google earth.
****************************************
|
(August 25 2005) (link) |
These guys are usually very up to date on everything I know about so I assumed there this was something uptodate also.....if not....sorry!
No need for sorry. I just prefer the google program but world wind is pretty cool.
********************************************
NASA World Wind Forums
The web page you are about to visit is not part of the NASA web family, or nasa.gov domain. The site is not under NASA control, and NASA is not responsible for the information or links you may find there. NASA is providing this link only as a convenience. The presence of the link is not intended to imply NASA endorsement.
World Wind's forums has moved to World Wind Central (WWC), a community portal for users and developers.
Visit the new World Wind Forums
*******************************************************************
THE WHY!!!!!!!!!!
****************************************
< 06-13-2006, 02:56 AM #18
|
|
 Such A Pleasure To See All This Back!!!Quote:
WOW!! And even though NASA has cut the capability so that I can't see rooftops in Mango Hill, Australia anymore--sob, now cut back to 3000 meters elevation, I believe--I certainly find this new stuff so much easier to install and get to work. Well, either that or I have learned how to do some stuff. That Austrian gentleman with the demography bent to his wide-ranging interests (Mysops? Not correct but close I think) certainly took my suggestions from last fall to heart and has outdone himself in providing a very nice package of basic demographic data. I also have noted what appears to be his commericalization of some of it--also at my suggestion, I believe. --Wonderful. Once the word spreads, his work will add a whole new discipline and worthwhile tool to the science and practice of demography, one of our most important sciences when you get down to it. Best to everyone. You can expect me to be doing a lot of downloading, using and recommending. Jim Liddell Georgia, USA |
|
 |
See #10....
The wiki support pages here offer a bunch of interesting background information.
Of course, since this is an "open source" project (See here for some info on that aspect of the project), it must include a dig at Bush. Viz.,
World Wind is totally free. It is also easy to use. No company limits what you can do with World Wind, and it won't cost you a dime (except for all those missed days of work while you zoom in on your Favorite President's Ranch and try to figure out what he spends those long vacations doing). (This is on the wiki at this page.)
Geez, isn't anything free of this sort of bias?
****************************************
This Road Map should give an indication of the near future of the NASA World Wind project. NASA World Wind provides standadized access to public domain scientific data. This data is useful for NASA mission planning, scientific research, government activities, education, and public interest, while also readily allowing for the customization necessary to serve varying needs.
| Table of contents[] |
Yes, that's uncalled for....
I"ve been rather unimpressed with World Wind. I think Google Earth is a much superior product. GE seems to have much better resolution.
See World Wind's comment about that and much else about them as compared to Google Earth here. In summary, they're open source, they do not use commercial data, they feel they serve a different set of requirements. Their discussion is interesting.
Excellent,....thanks for the link....
I've been playing with the World wind program for a couple of days. WW has improved dramatically with the addition of the moon, mars, venus and jupiter. The resolution isn't great but it's still fun to play with.
I really like the star map but connections to the Sloan digital sky server seems to be a problem.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
