Features of NASA World Wind
Landmark Set: World Wind enables its users to view actual 3D models of various landmarks on planet Earth. You will enjoy viewing these landmarks on NASA World Wind as they are displayed in 3D.
Visual Tools: NASA World Wind software comes with different visual guides such as longitude and latitude lines and precise coordinate data.
Place Names: World Wind provides a full catalog of towns, cities, countries, counties and also historical reference. Names of places update dynamically as users zoom in. Your screen will thus not get cluttered up with too many names. There is high probability that you will be able to locate your own village no matter how small or big it is in NASA World Wind.
Country and State Borders: NASA World Wind provides a complete collection of borders that help in tracing every state and country. As you zoom in and take a closer look, borders become more precise. In NASA World Wind, you will be able to observe where rivers and mountain ridges have formed political boundaries.
Animated Earth: NASA World Wind shows some visually intense animations on a variety of topics that include seasonal changes and hurricane dynamics across the globe. These animations help to get a clear understanding of the subject. Anyone can come to know where these events are taking place as NASA World Wind automatically rotates the view.
MODIS: MODIS, which is a moderate resolution imaging radiometer, generates time relevant data that is updated every day. MODIS keeps a catalog of floods, fires, storms, smoke, dust, and also volcanic activity. NASA World Wind produces a customized view of all this information and directly marks them on the globe. When you click one of the color coded markers, full image is automatically downloaded and displayed to the user. MODIS images can also download publication material at 250 m per pixel resolution. You can also download a new set of images every day. World Wind also a tour mode option that skim automatically through number of samples.
Blue Marble: NASA World Wind provides a complete copy of Blue Marble, a fabulous true color image of entire Earth. Blue Marble is a set of stunning images. Blue marble provides greater spatial of Earth's surface.
LandSat 7 is a set of images at a resolution of 15 m per pixel. LandSat 7 resolution allows you to view your own city and landmarks in your vicinity. The data provided by landSat7 is scientifically accurate. The complete data set of LandSat 7 is too large and simply cannot fit on your machine that is why NASA World Wind downloads only the material that you want to see and stores a copy in compressed format on your machine for later viewing.
SRTM: Combining SRTM data with LandSat 7 imagery, World Wind can show a beautiful view of planet Earth. Users can now fly across any place in any direction. In addition, this software can also exaggerate these views so that the user can easily find out the details.
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