Anyone here of google earth? With google earth I can go to a place like CA and zoom in all the way to see the road lines. Can I do that with world wind? With world wind it is blry after about 5 roles of the mouse. Someone please help. Thank you.
GRAPHICS - MAPS - NASA WORLD WIND NASA World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara. NASA World Wind is a graphically rich 3D virtual globe for use on desktop computers running Windows. Website: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ SourceForge.net: https://sourceforge.net/projects/nasa-exp/ Features - World Wind's 3D Engine 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. World Wind has a full copy of the Blue Marble, a spectacular true-color image of the entire Earth as seen on NASA's Earth Observatory. Combining LandSat 7 imagery with Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Data, World Wind can display a dramatic view of the Earth at eye level. Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has produced a set of visually intense animations that demonstrate a variety of subjects such as hurricane dynamics and seasonal changes across the globe. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS produces a set of time relevant data that's updated every day. MODIS catalogs fires, floods, dust, smoke, storms and even volcanic activity. World Wind is capable of browsing through and displaying GLOBE data based on any time the user wants. World Wind has a complete set of borders that traces every country and state. World Wind has a full catalog of countries, capitals, counties, cities, towns, and even historical references. World Wind comes with a variety of visual guides that help the user's experience such as latitude and longitude lines, as well as extremely precise coordinate data. World Wind has the capability to display actual 3d models of landmarks on the earth. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/features.html Video Card Compatibility List - System Requirements: World Wind requires that you have .NET runtime environment and DirectX installed. All 32-bit MS Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP (Windows 2000 or XP recommended); Intel Pentium 3, 1 GHz, or AMD Athlon or higher; 256 MB of RAM; 3D Graphics Card; DSL/Cable connection; 2 GB of disk space. World Wind benefits most from a video card with 3D acceleration. If you don't know whether your machine comes with one, it is likely to have one built in if the computer was purchased within the past two years. Here is a list of video cards that have been reported to work with World Wind. Video Card Compatibility List: http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Video_Card_Compatibility Download Website for .NET Runtime Environment: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en Download Website for DirectX: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/ Support - World Wind combines NASA imagery generated from satellites that have produced the Blue Marble, Landsat 7, SRTM, MODIS and more. NASA World Wind is available as a full install (54 MB), or as an update to a previous release. NASA Open Source. Primary data sources come from NASA and TerraServer-USA of Microsoft Research. Support for the nasa-exp project: https://sourceforge.net/support/getsupport.php?group_id=69528 World Wind Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/World_Wind_FAQ Web Manual: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/manual.html Download & Update Website: http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/download.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
