For those of you with such inclinations, NASA have got a cracking peice of software that enables you to navigate the globe while it overlays satellite images (and more).

Zoom in, swoop around. It's like a good trip. Probably.

It's a free open source app, but it's 180MB to download. A 3D graphics card is needed and a bucket full of RAM (Ran OK on a 64 bit Athlon with 1GB of ram!)

http://www.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

Cheers,

Neil.




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Mmmm - might have a go!

Cool! Downloading it right now... 30mins to go

Downloading now. Chapel Hill downloads at four times the speed of Kent UK. 226kb/sec against 48kb/sec.

David

I downloaded this a couple of weeks ago - fasinating!
Zoom in on Tucson arizona and you can see clearly all those mothballed B52s amd other aircraft.
What is frightening is, if NASA are happy for us all to have access to this level of detail, what the hell do the military have!
- Alan

Thats what I call ' Big Brother'..........

how do you zoom in to see places all ive got is a globe that i can turn around etc

Scroll wheel on your mouse zooms in and out. It will take a while to load!

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got it now

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what a brilliant bit of software, have you tried changing you angle of view !!

of this moment??

sow if anyone puts his locost out etc..

we could follow him??

or am i now dreaming??


Tks

Nope sorry dont know whether its just me but al i can see are a few blurry images where you could just make out a field. Hardly 24 stuff

It's very cool - can actually see my road - love the images of natural disasters too - but I won't be following that Arab terrorist chap around either .......

what the closest high you can get??

when i go to 172 meters..

i only see green so no foto's etc..??

any one idea how it works?? wich satelite etc do i have to enable etc..??

Tks

for the ones who liveiin the usa its fun they have URBAN mode enabled..

for the others whe have to do it with the landsat 7 satelite..

TKs

Zoom in on the Alps, then using the W,S,D,A , keys you can change the angle of view and zoom up mountain valleys - sweeeet

this might help

I like the bit in the instructions above, second box down from top right where it says 'as if you were really there'..... I am, which planet are you on?

Anyone visited Area 51 yet

ATB

Simon