NASA World Wind - Placename feature
You can also view the names of different cities, towns, capitals, countries counties, etc. Besides this it also provides historical references if for many places. Thus, you can know which place you are currently viewing. Place names change from time to time. Therefore it updates these names regularly and so if any changes get inherited.
When you are viewing the virtual Globe at a greater resolution, the names of only countries, capitals or important cities are displayed. However, when you zoom in closer at a some place the names of smaller or insignificant places also start appearing. Thus by zooming on further you can also view the names of small locatives and neighborhoods as well. You will possibly find name of your local area and neighborhood as well.
By adopting this method NASA World Wind prevents overcrowding of names of on the screen and yet it provides names for most of the things.
Visual Tools
NASA World Wind features a number of visual guides and tools. With these tools and visual guides you get extremely precise latitude and longitude lines as well as coordinate data.
Further it is up to you, whether you want to view these tools or not. You can toggle them on or off any time you want. Therefore, if you just want to view the images and are finding that these tools are proving to be hindrances in your viewing you can turn them off. However, you can view these visual tools even if you have turned the other features on.
Landmark Set
World Wind has a capability of displaying virtual 3D models of several Landmarks on earth. These models provide you an experience of viewing the world as if you have really visited that place.
The landmarks for which NASA World Wind does and have any 3D models, it uses place markers just like MODIS shows places of interest.
FAQs related to NASA World Wind
Basically what is NASA World Wind?
NASA World Wind is one of the opens source software, which works on a Windows platform. With it you can zoom from the altitude at which satellites are situated, to places on earth. It makes use of Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Data, for providing you an experience of viewing the earth terrain in a visually rich 3D imagery. While viewing this imagery you feel as if you are practically viewing that place being there.
What is the procedure for downloading NASA World Wind?
For downloading NASA World Wind you just need to have a personal computer which fulfills the basic requirements for running it. If you have, such a computer and an internet connection just visit the home page of NASA World Wind. Here you will find the download link. Click on that link and the download will start automatically. The latest version available for download is the version 1.4.0.
What is source code and do I have to download it as well?
The source code is required by the developers.
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