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    ...it's a bit better.

    http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
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    Quote Originally Posted by lynx View Post
    Hmmm.

    Interface is nice.

    Console is slick.

    Imagery selectively lacks detail.

    This is not as it should be.

    I'm gonna poke around here:

    http://www.alteviltech.com/WorldWind/Tour/
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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    I was just going to post more or less what you said, no need to do that now.

    The packaging is nothing if the contents are sub standard

    it’s an election with no Democrats, in one of the whitest states in the union, where rich candidates pay $35 for your votes. Or, as Republicans call it, their vision for the future.

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    worldwind was before gearth

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    That'll teach me to download stuff before reading the full thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skweeky View Post
    That'll teach me to download stuff before reading the full thread
    'Pologies.

    Settings for metro areas are okay, topos aren't bad, but everything else is unexceptional.

    They're working on it...
    "Researchers have already cast much darkness on the subject, and if they continue their investigations, we shall soon know nothing at all about it."

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    Quote Originally Posted by j2k4 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Skweeky View Post
    That'll teach me to download stuff before reading the full thread
    'Pologies.

    Settings for US metro areas are okay, topos aren't bad, but everything else is unexceptional.

    They're working on it...
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    Political correctness is based on the principle that it's possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.

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