The Map Room

Work is under way to add GeoRSS support to World Wind (via Chad). Meanwhile, Peter reports that in a fall update, KML support will come to Microsoft Virtual Earth (or whatever they will be calling it by then).

World Wind 1.4 is now out: it’s Windows-only and requires .Net 2.0; Chad says the cross-platform Java version is expected around May.

Previously: World Wind Update.

Like ArcGIS Explorer (previously), NASA World Wind is another application to which I’ve been giving short shrift, a consequence of my Mac-only household. And the Java version that would run on Mac OS X and Linux that was scheduled for last September has, I guess, yet to make an appearance. Now the go-to blog for all things World Wind, as I mentioned before, is The Earth Is Square by Chad Zimmerman. Chad has a preview of the Java version of World Wind running in a web browser; he also anticipates upcoming posts about the features of World Wind 1.4, so keep an eye on his site.

Previously: More Map Blogs; StumbleUpon; Google Earth vs. World Wind; Mac, Linux Versions of NASA World Wind in September; World Wind for the Pocket PC; Reaping the World Wind; Keyhole and World Wind.

If you’re sick of hearing about Google Earth and would like to hear more about NASA World Wind, have I got a blog for you: The Earth Is Square. It’s not dedicated to World Wind per se, but it’s frequently posted about. Via Ogle Earth.

Some Spanish mapping blogs, though I have little to no Spanish and can only barely make out what they’re about: TecnoMaps (via La Cartoteca) and TopoNorte.

I stumbled upon mapgirl’s page on StumbleUpon via the Map GIS News Blog Etc. Etc., which led me to the Maps group at StumbleUpon, which, in turn, led me to The Map Room’s listing on StumbleUpon (thanks, everyone).

Via Ogle Earth, a comparison of Google Earth and World Wind. Though I detect a distinct preference for World Wind’s open/free terms of use (it is, after all, a page on World Wind Central’s wiki), it’s quite positive about both programs: “[T]he truth is that they are two very different products aimed at different audiences. … My advice? Use both.”

Those of you who’ve been after me to get a copy of NASA World Wind, even to the point of buying a PC just to do so, will be happy to hear that a Java version that will run on…  •  Continue reading this entry.

As, I guess, a challenge to himself, Casey Chestnut went and made a Pocket PC version of NASA World Wind (see previous entry), porting its basic functionality. Also via MAKE: Blog….  •  Continue reading this entry.

As I said in my brief entry about NASA World Wind last November, my lack of access to a Windows PC — at least one I can install big software packages on — prevented me from checking it out. Manuel…  •  Continue reading this entry.

Joel takes a look at a couple of software packages that do neat things with satellite imagery: Keyhole, which was taken over by Google a while back; and NASA World Wind. They’re Windows-only, so I can’t try them out —…  •  Continue reading this entry.