World Wind. World Wind JAVA SDK. NASA World Wind. Animation showing atmosphere and shading effects in v1.4 USGS Urban Ortho-Imagery of Huntington Beach, California in older version of World Wind (1.2) A cyclone moving across the Indian Ocean (on normal cloud cover - not Rapid Fire MODIS) Washington DC, Wikipedia point layer - icons link to Wikipedia articles Overview[edit] World Wind was released as open source in 2004 by NASA. Users could interact with the selected planet by rotating it, tilting the view, and zooming in and out. Other features of World Wind.NET included support for .X (DirectX 3D polygon mesh) models and advanced visual effects such as atmospheric scattering or sun shading.
The resolution inside the US is high enough to clearly discern individual buildings, houses, cars (USGS Digital Ortho layer) and even the shadows of people (metropolitan areas in USGS Urban Ortho layer). Microsoft has allowed World Wind to incorporate Virtual Earth high resolution data for non-commercial use.[2] Add-ons and plugins[edit] Tutorials[edit] Age. Main Page - World Wind Wiki. World Wind Forums - Powered by vBulletin.
Hermetica WorldWind NASA Open Source. Add-Ons Worldwind NASA hermetica.