both NASA's freebie WorldWind (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/worldwind/) and Google's affordable subscription-based Keyhole (http://www.keyhole.com/?promo=app-en-us) (free 7-day trial with watermark) satellite-picture-viewer doohickeys have means of covering Mars as well as Earth. In Worldwind's case it's a matter of downloading the Mars satellite cache, which can be seen in this thread (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/worldwind/forums/index.php?showtopic=514) about the recurring server-load problem which is finally clearing up a bit. Keyhole's Mars coverage only seems to come with the "NV" version (http://www.keyhole.com/body.php?h=products&t=keyhole2NV), which requires nVidia graphics cards; go figure.
Keyhole is the superior product with some great features, including address searching so you can run down your childhood homes in minutes instead of trying to remember which streets you rode your bike on when you were 10, but I think WorldWind's clean interface is a little friendlier-- it's pretty slim on features, but if you know where to find something, WW will get you there. The other problem is that WW's client is huge, while KH's client is less than 10 MB.
Either way, try not to download either app within an hour of going to bed. Or an important meeting, since I take it you don't have at home any Windows machines that're likely to be up to snuff in the graphics department. Sorry Tennessee!
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Date: 2004-11-22 08:52 pm (UTC)Keyhole is the superior product with some great features, including address searching so you can run down your childhood homes in minutes instead of trying to remember which streets you rode your bike on when you were 10, but I think WorldWind's clean interface is a little friendlier-- it's pretty slim on features, but if you know where to find something, WW will get you there. The other problem is that WW's client is huge, while KH's client is less than 10 MB.
Either way, try not to download either app within an hour of going to bed. Or an important meeting, since I take it you don't have at home any Windows machines that're likely to be up to snuff in the graphics department. Sorry Tennessee!