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NASA's World Wind Puts the Planet at the Fingertips of Internet Users Anywhere

Overview World Wind is a program developed by the Ames Research Center Learning Technologies, a division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft DirectX, World Wind enables anyone with a PC and a broadband Internet connection to take a virtual tour of the earth, seeing three-dimensional images of the planet collected over the years by NASA satellites. World Wind has proven to be a huge hit for NASA - more than 10 million versions have been downloaded since August 2004.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	March 2007
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Programming Languages, .NET, Application Development

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Channel:
WebWatch
Tags:
earth,
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WebWatch

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Channel:
WebWatch
Tags:
nasa,
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moon,
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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

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ntl:Telewest Business

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Publisher:
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Publisher:
IBM

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