Science Teachers - Free Software from NASA
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From: Fran Bott <frani@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*This looks like a great free program for Science Teachers. It is a huge
download, has a few hefty requirements, but I believe it would be a
great addition to the classroom. Below is a description and system
requirements.
World Wind*
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth.
Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually
rich 3D, just as if you were really there.
Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the
Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.
Requirements:
System Requirements
* Windows 2000, XP Home, or XP Professional
* Intel Pentium 3, 1 GHz, or AMD Athlon or higher
* 256 MB of RAM
* 3D Graphics Card
o nVidia GeForce 2 Ultra
o ATI Radeon 7500
o Intel Extreme Graphics 2
* DSL / Cable connection or faster
* 2 GB of disk space
Notes
World Wind benefits most from a video card with 3D acceleration. If
you don't know whether your machine comes with one, it is likely to have
one built in if the computer was purchased within the past two years.
Here is a list of video cards
<http://wiki.worldwindcentral.com/Video_Card_Compatibility> that have
been reported to work with World Wind.
World Wind requires that you have .NET runtime environment and
DirectX installed. You can download .NET runtime environment
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=262d25e3-f589-4842-8157-034d1e7cf3a3&displaylang=en>
and DirectX runtime <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/>.
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