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The Earth is Square blog offers a preview of NASA World Wind 1.4 with numerous screenshots. From the blog: "While World Wind 1.4 looks really nice, there are bugs that need to be worked out, code yet to be added and then a final bug fixing mad rust before 1.4’s release date (beta release is still said to be the end of the month)."

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.

Bull's Ramble blog tells us NASA World Wind Java (version 1.5) will stay in close development. From the blog: "We were all kind of expecting this, but personally I think NASA is shooting itself in the foot. I know of quite a few very skilled coders waiting for World Wind Java to start contributing code [...]"

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.