NASA World Wind

[Melbosa]

 NASA World Wind

A friend forwarded me this link, and I tried it out.  This is amazing software with such a simple concept behind it.  You are able to start at the world view, and zone down to the city level, and it renders the images on the fly based on where your view point is.  Even a user community around this to download new content as new images are taken, to allow you to even zoom in further or get more details on areas that may be unfinished.

Check it out.

[Mr. Analog]

 Found me!
lat=53.59703
lon=-113.41175



Impressive, but I wish the high-res urban area pics covered Canadian locations and some other places (like Las Vegas). Oh well.

[Lazybones]

 Google Maps Centred over West Edmonton Mall

Note that you can toggle between IMG and Street Mode.

[Darren Dirt]

 WOW, maps.google.com has certainly improved! I like the easy double-click-to-recentre interface. Unfortunately, no easy way of saving/copyingtoclipboard the image eh

Coolness, for example I noticed how the Whitemud, just north of Gateway Lanes, is very huge compared to 34 ave...

[Mr. Analog]

WOW, maps.google.com has certainly improved! I like the easy double-click-to-recentre interface. Unfortunately, no easy way of saving/copyingtoclipboard the image eh

Coolness, for example I noticed how the Whitemud, just north of Gateway Lanes, is very huge compared to 34 ave...

Doesn't your "Print Screen" / "System Request" button copy the image to the clipboard?

[Lazybones]

 Look up a huge city and zoom in, Edmonton does not have images for the highest zoom levels that are supported on some areas.. It's creapy.

[Mr. Analog]

 I visited New York and Boston, they buildings even stick up! It's actually kind of dizzying.

Still no Vegas, and no Area 51 (nerts)

[Darren Dirt]

WOW, maps.google.com has certainly improved! I like the easy double-click-to-recentre interface. Unfortunately, no easy way of saving/copyingtoclipboard the image eh

Coolness, for example I noticed how the Whitemud, just north of Gateway Lanes, is very huge compared to 34 ave...

Doesn't your "Print Screen" / "System Request" button copy the image to the clipboard?

Print Screen will capture the whole screen, then I have to do an annoying cropping job... Some map services will make the image be a single file, whose "Image Properties" include the parms so you can technically email yourself/someone else that image URL and all the props (zoom level, x/y, etc.) will be retained.

But yeah, System Request, I forgot about that Magic Button From The Past

[Darren Dirt]

 

I visited New York and Boston, they buildings even stick up! It's actually kind of dizzying.

Still no Vegas, and no Area 51 (nerts)

No Vegas? Wha?

Centered on the insane "Stratosphere": http://maps.google.com/maps?q=las+vegas,+n...08379&t=k&hl=en


SO the White House, Lincoln Memorial, and Statue of Liberty are not blurred (pixelated) but the CAPITOL building is... wonder if that's revealing or just a coincidence...

But the mysterious Denver Infernal (oops I mean International) Airport is clear as somethingreallyclear: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Washington,+...45226&t=k&hl=en <-- did they just pick this shape at random, hmmm...  :ph34r:

[Mr. Analog]

 That interferance you see is a cone of ignorace... or wait, is that Congress?

Ottawa is a near black void of non-sentience that actually makes you dumber for looking. And if you look at the Commons in the UK you can't see anything except for the tabloid photographers flashes...

Mmmmmm now that's good satire.

[Darren Dirt]

 

That interferance you see is a cone of ignorace... or wait, is that Congress?

Ottawa is a near black void of non-sentience that actually makes you dumber for looking. And if you look at the Commons in the UK you can't see anything except for the tabloid photographers flashes...

Mmmmmm now that's good satire.

...and you're a man who loves his satire...

PS: Let's all face it, Google Wins! Lookit how many services they provide now --> Better Googling Tips