World Wind

xoxoxoBruce • Oct 22, 2005 10:00 am

Oct 21st 2005, World Wind 1.3.3 released

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.

lumberjim • Oct 22, 2005 10:08 am

thought this thread was going to be about farting. which, if i know my thread hijacking, it will shortly be.

ever do a dutch oven?

busterb • Oct 22, 2005 12:19 pm

Thanks Bruce. I'll see if my vido card can run it.

Elspode • Oct 23, 2005 9:56 am

This is a nice complement to Google Earth.

It has always freaked me out that I live precisely on top of of a dividing line between topo maps. Check out these coordinates in World Wind/Topo View:

worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=38.88430&lon=-94.50034&alt=6752&dir=5.1&tilt=0.4

They don't line up. That skews my view of the world somehow.

xoxoxoBruce • Oct 23, 2005 2:41 pm

That's the most original excuse I've ever heard. :lol:

Back to Forum | Back to Top