2006-06-27

US Maritime Limits add-on updated to v 0.93

Updated to include US maritime limits for:
Louisiana
Mississippi
California
Oregon
Washington
Texas
This new version utilizes a screen overlay legend, so World Wind 1.35 is required.

See the US Maritime Limits add-on add-on page for more details.

Baselga - Trentino - Italy add-on released

This add-on shows high definition imagery for "Altopiano di Pine' e Valle di Cembra" that is a touristic area in Trentino (Italy).

See the Baselga - Trentino - Italy add-on page for more details.

Pacific Northwest Trail add-on released

This add-on shows the Pacific Northwest Trail a beautiful and long trail that crosses three states: Montana, Idaho and Washington.

See the Pacific Northwest Trail add-on page for more details.

New Madrid earthquake intensities add-on released

This add-on illustrates the Modified Mercalli earthquake intensities as estimated by Dr. Susan Hough, a seismologist for the USGS, for the first of the series of 1811-1812 earthquakes.

See the New Madrid earthquake intensities add-on page for more details.

World Wind Science Suite released

This is the first of several science releated collections that will be put together and released for World Wind. This pack covers the following: * NASA Lightning Map * Crustal Thickness * National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) * NOAA Coral Reef Watch * NOAA Great Lakes Data * NOAA DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) * Chernobyl * US Vegetation Growth 1990-2005 * US Forest Coverage Type * US Arsenic Levels The data from these add-ons comes from varius sources. the author is working with several NASA, NOAA and USGS groups to bring their data to the public. The rest of the data was found using the national atlas site.

See the World Wind Science Suite add-on page for more details.

Global Population add-on released

This is the global population distribution determined by Columbia University's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center. Included are the Gridded Population of the World v.3 (GPW) and Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project alpha (GRUMP) in monchrome and pseudocolor.

See the Global Population add-on page for more details.

2006-06-05

Global seismic stations add-on released

This add-on presents 11,812 stations in IRIS' database. It has the station name, identifying code, network, elevation, and status.

See the Global seismic stations add-on page for more details.

Avian Flu add-on released

This add-on shows cumulative incidence of H5N1, according to the WHO.

See the Avian Flu add-on page for more details.