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3 stars
Version: World Wind 1.4.0
"Not for looking up Martian mailing addresses"
Pros: 1) Good for general geography
2) Great layers for globally tracking almost anything and everything from weather to satellites
3) Shows 3d imagery of Earth (and other planets)Cons: 1) Does not plot streets or addresses
Summary: It is clear if you have tried Google Earth that this is nothing like it. You may have been expecting NASA to let you plot a route over the river and through the woods to Grandma, but that is not the design of this program. NASA World Wind is meant for the astronomer, geologist, geographer and meteorologist.
2) Does not produce close up details
3) A memory hog (much like Google Earth)
But don't be fooled, this is still a great find. You can explore some of our solar system's planets, view the heavens and even take a spectacular look at our own planet from different views in time and space.
I likely would not put this program at the top of my list of choices for 3d world rendering software, but I certainly would consider it.
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