NZFF

Ever found yourself complaining in forums that google earth is great but bad quality in NZ? THIS IS THE ANSWER FOR YOU!

I stumbled across a programme called world wind, which is pretty much google earth created by NASA. I found this a much better option than google earth and I was even able to find my house!!!

Thanks Brownbox.
Could you please post a link for us?

Thanks for the tip, I will download overnight!

For those who don't know already- it is a 60mb install file and requires 2 GB of disk space!

Here is the link: worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/

its very good. I will post some screenshots so everyone can see just how much the download is worth it

Alright here we have some screenshots :
Here, we see a closeup of Wellington Intl airport...


And in this image we can check up on whats going on at Auckland airport...


In this picture we see Auckland Airport from a distance and its surroundings...


And my personal FAVOURITE!! An 3d image of our Waikato farm. (in the red barrier) You will see in the red circle, some cows are visble walking back to the paddock after milking time. Compared to the real thing, this looks almost exactly the same!


Thats the lot for now. It should give you and idea of just how amazing this programme is B)

Wow looks amazing, I curently don't have 2gb free so it'l be on the "list of things to get for my next pc' lol
thanks for the pics brownbox

I think it has a long way to go to compete with Google Earth. The only thing it can do better is the elevation. For those who haven't checked out Google Earth lately, it has much improved NZ coverage.

it has???!?!?!? now this i gotta see!

i hate it... THEY MISSED MY HOUSE!!!!
otherwise, very nice job with the rest of nz. I highly anticipate for them to put the whole country in detail

Thats cool I always thought Google Earth was lacking in the NZ department much like MS missed out on the flat hills of NZ

Also should be noted:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/