World Wind is an interactive world map that looks great and has the efficiency and simplicity of Google. Along with the basic geographic longitudes and latitudes, there is an endless source of geographical information.
LAYER MANAGER button offers you to choose the types of information World Wind will deliver: satellite, geo-satellite or aerial photographs. Every corner of the planet is visible and can be viewed. The final range of the browser ends with 100 metres from the surface. World Wind has obvious graphic superiority and accuracy of data, and it is becoming increasingly better connected with the rest of online open source contents daily.
PLACEFINDER tool - after choosing a location one can get abundance of information about it from encyclopaedic sources; images, maps and animations of immeasurable geographical significance. It is also in a real-time mode in which data and images of the virtual globe are only one or two days old.
I love the mission and alleged purpose of this program: To inspire the next generation of explorers!
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