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Status of NASA World Wind 1.3.6, 1.4 and 1.5
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The Bull's rambles blog shares the development status of NASA World Wind 1.3.6, 1.4 and 1.5 and describe some new features. From the blog: "I'll list some new features now so you all know what to expect, this is not a comprehensive list it just shows the most visible changes, there are also more 'behind the scenes' changes which will make add-on/plug-in developers drawl, such as the 3Dmodel and 3Dpolygon code." In the list, you'll find: Time controller, Atmospheric scattering and sun shading, 3D compass and scalebar, Integrated web browser and Smaller footprint. Meanwhile, you can also read import cartography's questions about the efficiency of the NASA World Wind development.
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Anonymous Voxel writes "NASA World Wind 1.4 (RC1) is out for bug finding and testing. Earth Is Square has the announcement. Here are the coresponding Wiki Pages and Forum post as well. Bug submissions can be left at either location." You'll find additional information from the Bull's ramble blog. See also this previous story on the status of 1.3, 1.4 and 1.5.
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The Earth is Square offers informative tidbits about the upcoming NASA World Wind Java release. Expect a public beta in April. From the short entry: "Q: Will WWJava be like the .Net version?
A: Not at first. the .Net version of World Wind has been in development since 2004. The Java code has been in development since October 2006." Chad is also collecting question for his interview with the NASA WW team. Update: 02/12 21:47 GMT by S :The EiS blog added more answers regarding NWW's 1.4 release.
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As expected, NASA World Wind 1.4 has been released yesterday, here's the what's new. Those interested should read The Earth is Square blog and may be interested in the World Wind Tours page. Slashdot also discuss the news, where I underline the fact that Google Earth can't be installed at work and could be a factor in favor to NASA World Wind and the Virtual Earth high resolution imagery plugin for NASA World Wind. From the what's new, you'll learn about WMS importer, time controller and a lot of new features. See also the numerous related stories below.
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