Earthsim

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Real-Time Earth Render
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Real-Time Earth Render

Earthsim is an online, virtual globe for Windows PCs created by Direct3D pioneer, Servan Keondjian.

[edit] Features

The product contains a series of globes representing the Earth, Moon, Venus, Mars, Phobos, Deimos and Jupiter and planet textures are provided from imagery from various NASA missions.

Overlays may be applied to a number of the globes to display features such as topography and place names and Earthsim uses 3D graphics and narration to display a series of documentaries covering the Earth's features, the features of a number of other planets and the Solar System as a whole.

[edit] Documentaries

A scene from the Mount Fuji documentary in Earthsim TV.
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A scene from the Mount Fuji documentary in Earthsim TV.
A scene from one of Earthsim's Solar System documentaries.
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A scene from one of Earthsim's Solar System documentaries.

The list of documentaries currently covers the following topics:

  • Alps Overview
  • K2 Overview
  • Karakoram Overview
  • Earth Overview
  • Mt. Everest Overview
  • Himalayas Overview
  • Amazon Human Impact
  • Amazon Overview
  • Amazon Hydrology
  • Andes Overview
  • Andes Geology
  • Mount Fuji Overview
  • Mars Overview
  • Mars Crater Lake
  • Mars Surface
  • Venus Overview
  • Inner Planets Formation
  • Inner Planets Structure

[edit] External links

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