HTTP:: Take a Virtual Journey Around the World
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If you are interested in your own environment and you are in search of a new toy that makes the classic globe seem a Stone-Age tool, EarthBrowser might be the application you were looking for. All the mapping services available over the Internet are great, but this application is using the Adobe Air technology to push it a little further. EarthBrowserâ™s main purpose is to gather information that you can access by visiting a handful of websites in a coherent, easy-to-access and easy-to-visualize 3D representation. Of course, the data is being continuously updated, which means that you will actually have a live model of the planet right on your desktop. The Looks Since the volume of information is very high, EarthBrowser must make the most of the available space, that is why the menus and panels designed to offer access to the features are automatically hidden when not used. This behavior gives you the possibility to have the planet representation before your eyes at al!
l times. The globe can be very easily rotated by using the mouse, and you can just as easily zoom in or out by using the scroll button. And, to make it even more realistic, you will be able to activate the star background from the Settings panel. The Works The EarthBrowser interface follows fairly intuitive r...
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Friday, July 17, 2009
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