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NASA World Wind 1.4.0
NASA World Wind 1.4.0.
NASA World Wind is the Virtual globe, created the National management on aeronautics and research of space (NASA).
In the program the satellite pictures of NASA and aerial photography of USGS are used for the construction of three-dimensional models of Earth, Moon, Mars, Venus. In the program the change of scale of cards is foreseen and at approaching of the examined area, the program gets from the server of NASA the necessary you area of card with high permission. Possibility of change of point of view is foreseen, search of geographical objects and reflection of their name. NASA World Wind has the extended architecture. There are plagins for work with GPS, for the reflection of cloudiness, earthquakes, hurricanes in approximately to the real time and row other.
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NASAWorld Wind 1.4.0
NASAWorld Wind 1.4.0.
NASAWorld Wind 1.4.0
World Wind is developed at NASA Ames Research Center by Chris Maxwell, Randy Kim, Tom Gaskins, Frank Kuehnel and project manager Patrick Hogan.
3D Engine
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.
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