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		<title>Worldwind is like Google Earth, but better?</title>
		<link>http://www.morph3ous.net/2006/10/01/worldwind-is-like-google-earth-but-better/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA&#8217;s World Wind software is definitely as good as, if not better than, Google Earth. World Wind&#8217;s largest downside is that it only runs on Windows. This is because (http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov): NASA World Wind leverages Microsoft .NET technology for rapid development and to easily access open standards such as XML, WMS, and other graphics standards. Real-time 3D graphics are driven by DirectX allowing a wide base of compatibility with accelerated video hardware. While this is unfortunate, the software is still excellent. I applaud NASA for open sourcing this software. They did it for all the right reasons (http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov): NASA has released World Wind as an open source program to improve its quality through peer review, maximize awareness and impact of NASA research, and increase dissemination of World Wind in support of NASA&#8217;s mission: To inspire the next generation of explorers &#8230; as only NASA can. NASA has a multitude of other open source projects, in addition to World Wind, listed on the NASA Ames Research Center OpenSource page. I had no idea that NASA was so into open source. Which program is better? Neither. NASA&#8217;s World Wind has more tools that researchers would find useful. They are also fun for the [...]]]></description>
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