EarthBrowser description
Dynamic 3-D model of the earth with live weather, clouds, earthquakes and more
EarthBrowser is an innovative earth simulation that combines an easy to navigate 3 dimensional globe with real-time weather conditions and 7 day forecasts for thousands of locations.
EarthBrowser is a 3D model of the earth with live weather, clouds, earthquakes.
A screen saver option lets it take over your desktop with a gorgeous image when you are away from your computer. Great educational tool, a must have for avid weather watchers!
Here are some key features of "EarthBrowser":
· Amazing 15 meter per pixel resolution worldwide
· Three high
resolution 500m base maps of the earth
· Satellite overlays updated daily
· Global weather forecasts for over 17,000 locations
· Live hurricane and tropical storm tracking
· A full year of weekly sea surface temperature animations
· Satellite cloud animations are updated every 3 hours
· Live earthquake map with magnitudes and links
· Live ocean buoy data for over 250 buoys
· Antarctic iceberg tracking
· Daily fire hotspot display
· Hundreds of dynamic webcams all over the globe
· Add and save your own webcams
· Political borders/Tectonic plate boundaries
· Over 15,000 volcanoes with links to more information
· Screen Saver
· Times in cities of all world time zones
· Links to facts about countries all over the world
Requirements:
· 128 MB RAM
·
Quicktime 5 or better
·
Adobe AIR
· Internet Connection
· Recommended 800MHz CPU
Limitations:
· 30 days trial