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NASA World Wind

World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Created by NASA

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World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there.

Virtually visit any place in the world. Look across the Andes, into the Grand Canyon, over the Alps, or along the African Sahara.

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NASA World Wind was added by niklasns in Apr 2009 and the latest update was made in Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Apr 2019. It's possible to update the information on NASA World Wind or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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