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February 17, 2005
I'm a slacker
Yes, yes, I know. Some of you have even emailed me. I haven't been posting lately and I feel bad about it.
One of the reasons I've been slacking is work, which is legitimate. Another reason is that I've found what could quite possibly be the coolest computer program/tool I've ever seen. It's called World Wind and it's freeware from NASA. The program basically combines the Big Blue Marble, LandSat, MODIS and USGS Satellite images into one simulation of the planet earth. You start viewing the composite Big Blue Marble image and from there you can rotate around the Earth and then ZOOM all the way in to the USGS images.
It's a great tool if you're a space geek (and I am). It's also something that anyone can easily use to get satellite images of your house, neighborhood, local lake, hunting area or whatever. Documentation is pretty scarce, and you need some play-time with it to get the hang of it, but it's still super-cool. I'm sure as I learn to use it, I'll be posting more about it and the cool things it can do.
It's a big download, about 170 megs, and it needs about 2 Gigs of harddrive space to work effectively. You also really have to have a broadband connection to the internet for it to work. The images are quite big and it just doesn't function on dial-up.
So that's what I've been Geeking out on lately. If you want to give it a shot, you can DOWNLOAD WORLD WIND.
More a little later, I'm going to clean up my office now.
--Jason
Posted by JasonColeman at February 17, 2005 3:23 PM
Comments
Try this one :
It's owned by Google, lots of documentation, small download size and you can zoom way in.
Posted by: Rush Montgomery III at February 17, 2005 4:32 PM
Looks Kool - I'm downloading it right now!
Posted by: Beth at February 19, 2005 1:55 PM
