NZFF

by **brownbox** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:33 pm

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!!!

by **Jimmy** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:20 pm

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

by **ardypilot** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:42 am

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/

by **brownbox** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 7:25 pm

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

by **brownbox** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:09 pm

Alright here we have some screenshots

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Here, we see a closeup of Wellington Intl airport...
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And in this image we can check up on whats going on at Auckland airport...
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In this picture we see Auckland Airport from a distance and its surroundings...
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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!
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Thats the lot for now. It should give you and idea of just how amazing this programme is B)

by **Jimmy** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:41 pm

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

by **toprob** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:27 pm

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.

by **brownbox** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:42 pm

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

by **brownbox** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:19 pm

i hate it... THEY MISSED MY HOUSE!!!! :angry:

otherwise, very nice job with the rest of nz. I highly anticipate for them to put the whole country in detail

by **merlin** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:28 pm

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

by **ZK-Brock** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:36 pm

Also should be noted:

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

NZFF

better version of google earth

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