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==Datasets available== Low resolution Blue Marble datasets are included with the initial [[download]]; as a user zooms into certain areas, additional high resolution data is downloaded from the NASA [[Server (computing)|server]]s. The size of all currently available data sets is about 4.6 [[terabytes]]. === Earth === ==== Animated data layers ==== * [[Scientific Visualization Studio]] * [[Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer|MODIS]] * [[GLOBE program|GLOBE]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/GLOBE|title=GLOBE|work=worldwindcentral.com}}</ref> * [[United States Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]] Real-Time Weather ==== Image/terrain datasets ==== * [[The Blue Marble|Blue Marble]] Next Generation imagery * [[Landsat 7]] imagery ** NLT Landsat ([[Visible spectrum|Visible]] & [[false-color|Pseudo]] Color) ** [[GeoCover|Geocover]] 1990 & 2000 (pseudo; ''1990'' layer was produced from Landsat 4 & 5 images) ** OnEarth (visible & pseudo) ** i-cubed (visible) * [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] imagery ** Digital Ortho (DOQ - scanned black and white aerial image)s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eros.usgs.gov/products/aerial/doq.html |title = Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center {{!}} U.S. Geological Survey}}</ref> ** Urban Area Ortho (montaged color aerial photography of many major US metropolitan areas) ** [[Topographic map]]s * Zoomit! imagery (community produced layer) ** LINZ<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linz.govt.nz/|title=Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)}}</ref> (montaged color aerial photography of New Zealand) ** GSWA<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/GSWA/ |title=Department of Industry and Resources - Geological Survey of Western Australia |access-date=2007-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208102722/http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/GSWA/ |archive-date=2007-02-08 }}</ref> (Topographic and geological maps of Western Australia) ** South Africa (colour satellite and aerial imagery) ** US imagery (montaged color aerial photography of many major US metropolitan areas) * [[Shuttle Radar Topography Mission|SRTM]] (SRTM30Plus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topex.ucsd.edu/WWW_html/srtm30_plus.html|title=Satellite Geodesy, IGPP, SIO, UCSD - Global Topography - SRTM30, Multibeam, & predicted|author=David Sandwell |work=ucsd.edu}}</ref>/SRTMv2/USGS NED) terrain data (includes [[bathymetry]]) === Extraterrestrial datasets === ==== Moon ==== * [[Clementine mission|Clementine]] (40xx - Colour, 30xx - Greyscale) * [[Hypsometric tints|Hypsometric Map]] ==== Mars ==== * MOC ([[Mars Global Surveyor]] β Mars Orbiter Camera) * MOLA (MGS β Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter hypsometric map) * THEMIS ([[Mars Odyssey]] β [[Thermal Emission Imaging System]]) * MDIM ([[Viking program|Viking]] β Mars Digital Image Model) ==== Venus ==== * [[Magellan probe|Magellan]] Imaging Radar (color and grayscale) * Hypsometric Map ==== Jupiter ==== * Jupiter * Callisto * Europa * Ganymede * Io ==== Sloan Digital Sky Survey ==== ===== Survey Imagery ===== * [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey|SDSS]] Server * [[Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe|WMAP]] Image Server ===== Footprint Imagery ===== * SDSS Footprint * FIRST (Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-cm)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sundog.stsci.edu/|title=The VLA FIRST Survey|work=stsci.edu}}</ref> Footprint === Specifications === ==== Baseline resolutions ==== * 500 m (Blue Marble Next Generation) * 15 m (Landsat imagery; except for polar areas) ==== Typical high resolutions ==== * U.S. ** USGS Digital Ortho: 1 m (grayscale; near full coverage) ** USGS Urban Area Ortho: 0.25 m<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/USGS_Urban_Areas|title=USGS Urban Areas|work=worldwindcentral.com}}</ref> ** Zoomit!: 0.15 m to 1 m<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:ZoomIt%21|title=Add-on:ZoomIt!|work=worldwindcentral.com}}</ref> * New Zealand ** Zoomit! (from LINZ data): 2.5 m (color and grayscale) * Western Australia ** Zoomit! (from GSWA): 250K surface geology mosaic, 250K topographic data, Magnetic Intensity, Bouger Gravity * South Africa ** Zoomit!: Spot5 10 m<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.madmappers.com/htm/za_spot5.html|title=Spot5 Imagery|work=madmappers.com}}</ref> (colour near full coverage), Robben Island 0.5 m, Johannesburg 2.5 m ==== Altitude resolution ==== * U.S.: 30 m (1 [[arcsecond]]; USGS NED) * Global: 90 m (3 arcseconds; SRTM) * Oceans: 2 [[arcminute]]s and better ==== Age ==== * Some USGS aerial images were taken in the early 1990s. * Landsat 7 images are all taken after 1999 (except for Geocover 1990).
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