Earth Explorer - the ultimate 3D earth viewer
Earth explorer is an interactive 3D world map software. It provides street level resolution of 50m/pixels. It contains world information that includes information on various countries, islands, cities, rivers, political boundaries and many more. Users can easily customize the map by adding a path from one location to another onto the map. User defined data lists can also be imported to the map. The latest version of Earth explorer has 3 view modes. They are satellite, blend, and SRTM.
An environmental issue that we are currently facing is global change that not only encompasses climate change but also large scale impact on the growing global population. Earth explorer addresses these critical issues and provides a better understanding on the subject.
Earth explorer has many data sets that you can choose when viewing the images of the Earth. Some of them are listed below:
Historical aerial photography: As the name implies this contains photographs from the past. These photos are real and are taken by satellites at that time. These photos were kept in USGS EROS'S historical film archives. You will find photos from 1940 to present year are available in this set. These photographs were collected by the software program (earth explorer) from other sources like BLM, USGS, US Navy, U.S. Air force, NASA and others. These historical aerial photos are not standardized. They differ in quality, coverage, size and type. The file has been archived and while displaying these images, earth explorer produces digital photos in the form of rolls and frames.
Moreover, these photos can be colored or black and white and it completely depends on the source they come from and the time they were photographed. Most of these photographs are taken from vertical prospective. These historical photos can be extremely useful for environmentalist's researchers, businesspersons as well as to common people. The prices of these images completely depend on the resolution scanned. For instance high resolution images that are scanned are priced 30 dollars per frame while scanned medium resolution images are priced at 3 dollars per frame.
Aircraft Scanner data set: This data set is taken from multispectral scanners. The images found in this data set are digital. The data set is available for different regions like Alaska, California, Hawaii, and United States.
So if you want to explore the geography of our planet then you must install this software. It provides total 3D experience and accurate positioning of every location on the planet. This satellite program covers more than 15000 islands, 40000 cities, and 1900 geological faults. You can also add personal comments to various locations. You can even print images of places that you have explored. You can zoom in to get a closer view or rotate the globe and make use of panoramic mode to get better views. You can adjust various types of lighting in Earth explorer Using earth explorer, you can view the entire world from the confines of your house.
You just need to install this once on your computer, and that’s it. You are absolutely free to go anywhere in the world. How’s that?
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