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The Geography 2.0: Virtual Globes blog shares with us NASA World Wind's Roadmap. From the blog summary: "According to the site, v.1.3.4 is expected in April. The developers will skip v1.4, and v1.5 will be released in September/October 2006. The road map enumerates several of v.1.3.4 features, including: 1) the ability to refresh elements in a layer, 2) improved implementation of shapefiles, 3) elevation data will include ocean bathymetry, 4) Mars and Venus datasets will be available--users will be able to access ten different Mars datasets, and 5) Sloan Digital Sky Survey SkyServer imagery will be accessible."
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Spatially Adjusted tells us about NASA WorldWind 1.3.4 Beta available from NASA's servers. NASA WorldWind roadmap was previously discussed as much as MS Virtual Earth plugin for NASA WorldWind. See numerous related links below. Update: 04/10 16:54 GMT by S : Found some information on the beta on the Virtual Globes blog. From the blog: "[...] some other 1.3.4 features I noticed include: - An ESRI shapefile loader [...] - A movie maker plug-in bundled with the installation. - Atmosphere effects somewhat similar to Google Earth as an optional layer"
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