![]() ![]() Now, hold down the right button while moving your mouse around (move it down, for example). Setting it higher or lower will make the mountains steeper or less steep. On the menu bar, select "View->Vertical Exaggeration" and set it to somewhere around 2, which seems to be a good value. First, you'll want to make sure vertical exaggeration is on. Once these patches of earth (called "tiles") download, you can tilt the earth to see it in three dimensions. Towards the middlish bottom is your altitude, which should now be around 10000.Īs you wait, you should see the world getting more colorful. This information tells you where you are in the world. If you don't see a bunch of numbers on the upper-right side of your window, click the button to get them. In the upper-left corner of your screen is a button: This is a good time to mention your location identifier. Zoom into the San Francisco Bay area : for this example. Now, zoom in by either rolling your mouse wheel away from you (toward the earth) or holding both mouse buttons and moving your mouse away from you. There should be a small black arrow above the NLT Landsat button. You may want to turn borders and placenames back off by clicking the buttons again, or the screen will get crowded. For this demonstration, we'll focus on the United States :, so move to the west. Alternatively, you can double-click on the globe to center on the point you double clicked on. Rotate the globe clicking on the globe and moving your mouse. Country boundaries and names will start loading. If they are not already, turn on the Borders and Placenames by clicking the respective buttons. There are lots of buttons on here, but the ones we are concerned about are highlighted: the Position Information button, NLT Landsat, Placenames, and Borders. Walkthrough Loading World Windįirst, double-click the "World Wind 1.3" or "World Wind 1.4" icon, presumably on your desktop:Īfter the splash screen comes up (a whitish box with clouds) the main World Wind window should come up. These are Flash based animations showing different aspects of the World Wind experience. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.There are a series of walkthroughs available at World Wind Tours. Previous versions of the operating system shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista having been tested. ![]() NASA World Wind can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. What version of Windows can NASA World Wind run on? Download and installation of this PC software is free and 1.4.1 Alpha is the latest version last time we checked. NASA World Wind is provided under a freeware license on Windows from mapping with no restrictions on usage. ZoomIt includes additional areas of high resolution imagery, such as New Zealand. ![]()
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