World
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 there.Virtually visit
any place in the world.
Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.

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 benefits most from a video card with 3D acceleration.

World Wind requires that you have .NET runtime environment and DirectX installed.

World 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 infrastructure.

NASA
World Wind leverages Microsoft .NET technology for rapid development
and to easily access open standards such as XML, WMS, and other
graphics standards.
Real-time 3D graphics are driven by DirectX allowing a wide base of compatibility with accelerated video hardware.

Primary data sources come from NASA, and TerraServer-USA of Microsoft Research.

Windows 2000, or XP
(Vista reported to work but has problems, UAC needs to be turned off for install and during use)

Homepage:
"http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/"

Web Manual:
"http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/manual.html"

NASA World Wind v1.4.0 Final {freeware}

NASA WORLD WIND
Copyright
© 2004-2005 United States Government as represented by the
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All
Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2004-2005 Contributors. All Rights Reserved.

NASA OPEN SOURCE AGREEMENT VERSION 1.3
THIS
OPEN SOURCE AGREEMENT ("AGREEMENT") DEFINES THE RIGHTS OF USE,
REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, MODIFICATION AND REDISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN
COMPUTER SOFTWARE ORIGINALLY RELEASED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AS REPRESENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY LISTED BELOW ("GOVERNMENT
AGENCY"). THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AS REPRESENTED BY GOVERNMENT
AGENCY, IS AN INTENDED THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY OF ALL SUBSEQUENT
DISTRIBUTIONS OR REDISTRIBUTIONS OF THE SUBJECT SOFTWARE. ANYONE WHO
USES, REPRODUCES, DISTRIBUTES, MODIFIES OR REDISTRIBUTES THE SUBJECT
SOFTWARE, AS DEFINED HEREIN, OR ANY PART THEREOF, IS, BY THAT ACTION,
ACCEPTING IN FULL THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN
THIS AGREEMENT.
Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Government Agency Original Software Designation: ARC-15166-1
Government Agency Original Software Title: WorldWind Version 1.3
User Registration Requested. Please Visit http://opensource.arc.nasa.gov/
Government Agency Point of Contact for Original Software: Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov

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