Featured World wind add-ons
In this article, we will discuss World Wind add-ons. NOAA reef Watch: With the help of this add-on, you can see the near actual-time data. This add-on lets users to see the great picture of oceans conditions. NOAA DART: This add-on can show users the location of sixteen latest buoys that are situated around North America. When you will click on bouy marker, it will display the actual-time data page in which you will obtain the current water column depth in that particular location. Weather plug-in: This plug-in decodes the weather information from METAR and then plots the currently made temperature records on world wind globe.
ANZAC cove: This add-on can display the location of ANZAC cove. Aeronet: this add-on is based on kml and martin, which includes important information. World heritage sites: With the help of this add-on, we get UNESCO world heritage sites. US Military bases: This add-on can display 385 military bases. Topographical earth: This add-on can show users the topography of planet earth according to color scale. Telescope add-on: This add-on can display worldwide telescope sites.
Stars: This add-on inserts a starfield background for world wind by making use of a big bitmap texture. If you are interested to see the starry sky then by using this add-on you can see. If you want to make use of this add-on then first you must load world wind and then click on load/unload from plug-ins menu? After that you need to click on ‘stars’, then press load button, the indicator which is placed near ‘stars’ must turn into green. Space launch sites: This add-on can display the global space launch sites.
Sky gradient: This add-on provides users global atmospheric effect for our planet earth. To make use of this add-on first you should load world wind and then click on load/unload from plug-ins menu? After this you must click on ‘sky ingredient’ from load/unload window and now press the load button and the indicator which is placed near to ‘sky gradient’. It should turn into green, only after that you are able to close the load/unload window safely. To choose various versions of gradients, you need to right click on ‘sky gradient’ from layer manager and then click on properties for changing the settings. Seismic hazard map: This add-on displays the seicmicly active areas of United States.
Satellite tracker: This add-on provides users dynamically rendered satellites for world wind. In order to use this plug-in, first you must load world wind, then click on load/unload from plug-ins menu. After this users need to click on ‘satellite tracker’ from load/unload window. For displaying satellites, you have to click on satellite tracker which shows satellites. Poland place names: This add-on offers place names for Poland. Placenames are classified into numerous categories such as lakes, regions, populated places, forests, airports, voivodships, rivers and Railstations.
Lunar landmarks: This add-on can show users the locations of NASA related landmarks, which are situated on the moon. Highest mountains: This add-on can display the locations of highest mountains of the world. When you will click on mountains-icon, world wind automatically zooms to those locations.
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