NASA World Wind

[LouDiamond 1]

is a free program HERE that is absolutely amazing in what it can do. Not only can you get sat imagery of your DZ but pretty much anywhere in the world down to 1 m. From the site:

" World Wind allows any user to zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth, leveraging high resolution LandSat imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) elevation data to experience Earth terrain (or any planet with the data) in visually rich 3D, just as if they were really there. Virtually visit anyplace in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps or along the African Sahara."


If you do download it choose "open" instead of "save" as the zip file will come back as damaged if you try to save it for some reason.

"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required"
Some people dream about flying, I live my dream
SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING

[Kennedy 0]

holy 259.2 Megs, birdman!

Not for the faint of heart or dial up users!

witty subliminal message
Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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[diverdriver 6]

So... 37.3 won't work?

[leroydb 0]

dl is slooooooooooooow

Leroy


..I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio...

[beowulf 1]

I am getting 378kb/sec right now on cable modem.

[davedlg 0]

Damn, I've got a T-1 and I'm only getting 86k with half an hour left

Oh well, looks worth the wait.

[LouDiamond 1]

make sure you click on "open" and not save or you will be wasting your time. Trust me, I tried to save it like 5 times and each time the file would not unzip but the first time I selected "open" it installed like a charm.

"It's just skydiving..additional drama is not required"
Some people dream about flying, I live my dream
SKYMONKEY PUBLISHING

[hookitt 1]

I saved it to disk with no trouble... Hmmm ???

After I up my memory I'll be able to use it better but that's a really cool program! Thanks for the link.

I saved it to disk and unzipped it with no troubles. I wonder why it didn't work?

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[skydivingchad 0]

After 1 hour of downloading and installing all the required stuff for the program, it freezes when it starts up!!!
I hate troubleshooting stuff like this.

Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug.
Pelt Head #3

[hookitt 1]

How much memory does your computer have? That program uses up about 110 MBs all on it's own. It uses up nearly all the CPU as well so if you're computer is slow, it may be doomed.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[coconutmonkey 0]

Ooohhhh! Map Crack! Cool prog man, thanks for the link!

Hearts & Minds
2 to the Heart-
1 to the Mind-
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[davedlg 0]

I finally got around to playing with this program. VERY COOL Outside of the large download, this program is very processer and memory intensive. I have a very fast processer and a gig of memory and it still uses most of my system resources and internet bandwith. I have attached some screenshots.

Fist picture is looking at Boulder, CO from the East.

Second picture is the Colorado River in Cataract Canyon in Canyonlands NP, Utah

Third picture is Moab, Utah from the North. Note Canyonlands Field (Skydive Moab) on the Lower Right edge of the picture. Compare to this picture that I took at the Moab Boogie last month.


Fourth Picture is Moab from the West

Fifth Picture is the Grand Canyon.

[davedlg 0]

A few more:

First is the Lakewood and Golden area of Denver (where I live) from the East.

Second is Denver from the East notice Denver Int'l Airport in the lower Right corner.]

Third is Canon City, CO and the Royal Gorge.

Forth is Page Arizona, Lees Ferry, Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell

Fifth is the Yampa and Green rivers in Dinosaur NP Colorado.

[davedlg 0]

Just a few more:

Two Views of Longs Peak and Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.