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NASA: World Wind 1.4 released
NASA has released a new version of their virtual globe software called World Wind. Also called by users of the software the “Google Earth killer”, this release brings many new features that are not available in other globe software packages. Besides being able to fly-over the Moon and Mars, the software also allows to layer additional images from other servers over the surface of the globes. Other new features include a timer to simulate and synchronized the Sun’s position when using Sun Shading, to create time lapsed or reverse running movies, a WMS Importer and an Anaglyph 3D mode to see World Wind in true 3D with Red/Blue-glasses that are often given away for free…
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WEF: Tag Cloud for 26-01-2007
Almost through with searching and processing documents on the World Economic Forum 2007. Here’s the Tag Cloud from documents (304) published on 26-January-2007…
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WEF: Tag Cloud for 25-01-2007
Here is the second part of our World Economic Forum 2007 Tag Clouds from documents (224) published on 25-January-2007…
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WEF: Tag Cloud for 24-01-2007
We went through all documents (143) about the World Economic Forum 2007 published on 24-January-2007 and created this Tag cloud with the top 100 key words. This is the first of a series of tag clouds (one for each day and one overall) we are currently preparing…
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Global Warming: 2007 expected to be hottest year on record
Climate-change experts at the UK Met Office predict that 2007 is likely to be the warmest year on record globally, hotter than the current record set in 1998. The forecast points to the El Niño already established in the Pacific, that is expected to persist through the first months of 2007. Together with global warming due to fossil fuels this provides a high potential for record temperatures during 2007…
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Live on Camera: Space Debris breaks up in the Sky
Reporters from Live-TV station “Fox 31″ were quite surprised yesterday evening when one of their news choppers managed to capture the breaking up of space debris in the atmosphere. The “light show” that looked like meteorites – as NORAD has confirmed – was caused by the re-entry of a spent Russian science rocket. More information and a video at the…
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