NASA World Wind 1.4.0 Final

World WindWorld Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on EarthWorld Wind lets PC users zoom from satellite altitude into any place on the globe 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 thereVirtually visit any place in the world Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African SaharaWorld Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite


altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and SRTM elevation datato experience Earth in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really thereParticular 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 mouseAdditional 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 itWorld 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 yearsWorld Wind requires that you have DirectX and the NET runtime environment installed If you don't have them on your computer, World Wind Setup will direct you to web pages where you can download DirectX and NET runtime environmentWorld Wind comes with data you can zoom into After a certain point, World Wind will begin to download more images automatically The servers hosting this information are very busy and may be unresponsive until we get the necessary infrastructureHere are some key features of World Wind3D EngineBlue MarbleLandsat 7SRTMMODISGLOBELandmark SetRequirementsNET 20Intel Pentium 3, 1 GHz, or AMD Athlon or higher256 MB of RAM3D Graphics CardnVidia GeForce 2 UltraATI Radeon 7500Intel Extreme Graphics 2DSL / Cable connection or faster2 GB of disk spaceWhat's New in This ReleasePlugin Movie Recorder (added avi xport)Plugin Place Finder Loader (Supports more geocoders)Plugin Satellite TrackerPlugin Virtal Earth, downloads Microsoft local live data (must be loaded from the plugins menu, then activated by clicking the toolbar icon)Plugin Improved WMS browser with GetCapabilities supportData New NRL dataData WFS placenames and boundariesCore New accurate sunshadingCore Support for 3D modelsCore Atmosphere (Improved with atmospheric scattering)Core Added widget supportWidget New scalebarWidget Time controllerWidget 3D compass widgetInstaller Removed backgroundInstaller Mars, Moon, SDSS icons removedInstaller Net 20 checkInstaller Added command line tags NODOTNET, /NODX, /NOMDX) to skip detection of NET, DirectX 90c, and Managed DirectX

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