NASA world wind provides the best 3D atlas of globe
NASA’s World Wind allows you to zoom in to any part of the world and view it at different levels of detail. You don’t require anything except your mouse to explore the world from different angles. Everything that you need is right there. It’s easy to use and better than some other softwares available. NAA is a well known organization and it delivers high quality images too. So, here are few of the features of this software that will help you navigate better.
SRTM: SRTM is nothing but the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission which is an international project by NGA and NASA. The aim of this mission is to produce high resolution digital topographic data of the Earth. So this feature of World Wind offers imagery produced by Land Sat 7 and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. These images can be viewed at the eye level by the user. So you can view the geography of the Earth at a very high level of detail. Be it mountains, rough terrains, ravines, canyons, rivers or other water bodies, all of it can be viewed pretty closely.
3D Engine: World Wind allows its users to view 3D rich data which has been obtained from SRTM or Land Sat 7. World Wind’s engine is 3D accelerated and it was designed to run on the most modern technology available in the market. So it gives you a great viewing experience.
The data that can be viewed in World Wind is very realistic. The software is also user friendly. A lot of thought has gone in to making it easy to use so that people of all age groups could use it effortlessly. The guides and tools also help in using this software effectively.
GLOBE: GLOBE is a global community of students, teachers and scientists which work together to help others understand how does the earth function. It has its own set of projects which help in raising awareness and educating people about important topics such as global warming, etc. It also helps in spreading awareness about certain global issues and makes us understand how the Earth’s processes take place. World Wind helps the user use GLOBE data. The user can download yesterday’s or today’s weather forecast or take a look at the ever changing face of the earth. Also, the sample projects available at GLOBE are available through World Wind.
Place names: NASA’s World Wind shows countries across the world. It also displays names of all the locations that the user is currently viewing. So, you can find your home town or city immediately. However, it displays only a few names at once. As the user zooms in, he or she gets to see more names. Greater the detail, greater the names. If all the names were to be displayed at even the lowest resolution, the whole image would look cluttered.
Landmark Set: Models of landmarks across the world can be seen in 3D with World Wind. Only a few of the landmarks have 3D models. Those who don’t have a 3D model have markers instead.
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