World Wind

A lot has been said already about World Wind, and the application is sure to garner more attention as new features and datasets are added. Please take a look at the links below to see what others are saying about World Wind.

World Wind helps solve 3,000 year old mystery of ancient Ithaca, the island home of Homer's Odysseus. + Read More

World Wind featured in Websphere, a BBC Online technology blog, showing the software's international appeal.
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An article in Government Computer News mentions World Wind in a story about open source software and it's benefits for government. + Read More

A feature article in 'The Age' introduces World Wind to audiences "Down Under" in Australia.
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'Science', a publication of the American Assocation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) introduced World Wind to readers in the NetWatch section of their May 2005 publication.
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In an article that talks about the use of Wikis, Federal Computer Week (FCSW) mentions the fact that the World Wind team uses a Wiki to coordinate improvements to the application. + Read More

Government Computer News (GCN) talks about how World Wind leverages the resources of different government institutions in this short article. + Read More

The French online daily news site '20 Minutes' featured World Wind in their net guide section. (site in French) + Read More

Japanese online software directory "Windows Forest" has a review of World Wind v1.3. (site in Japanese) + Read More

.NET weekly online talk show '.NET Rocks!' feature interviews with World Wind developers Chris Maxewll and Randy Kim. The two programmers are featured in show #102, titled 'World Wind Development Team'. The full 1 hour plus show is available for download in AAC Audiobook (iPod), MP3 and WMA formats. +Read More

Wired Magazine, in it's March 13th 2005 edition, highlights World Wind in an article entitled 'Around the World in 80 Clicks'. + Read More

The Polish Edition of PC World magazine, PC World Komputer, featured a 4 page article on World Wind, including the software and a number of add-on packs on a DVD included with the magazine. (site in Polish) + Read More

APC, a popular Australian computer magazine, gave World Wind a place on the cover of the December 2004 issue and also included the software and several add-on packs on the DVD distributed with the magazine.

RAM, a popular Greek computer magazine covering internet and multimedia technologies, featured a 6 page article on World Wind in their December 2004 issue. World Wind, along with several add-on packs, were included on the CD-ROM distributed with the magazine.

The Screen Savers, a regular program that appears on G4TechTV, was featured as 'Sarah's download of the Day' on November 11th, 2004. + Read More

Kim Komando, a popular radio personality in the United States, featured World Wind as one of her Shareware Picks in October 2004, and also talks about the software on one of her 'Tip of the Day' pages. + Read More

NASA and the Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University teamed up to take students on a 'Virtual Field Trip' to the ancient region of Pilbara in Western Australia using World Wind in October 2004.

World Wind was featured on the main NASA portal on October 26th, 2004. The story, entitled 'NASA computer program is 'hot download' on the Internet.' was on the 'Life on Earth' section of the web site. + Read More

PC World featured World Wind on October 7, 2004 in their 'Multimedia & Graphics' downloads section. + Read More

On September 24, 2004, World Wind was made public in a big way, being featured on the main news page of Slashdot. As a result, over 60,000 copies of World Wind were downloaded during the week. + Read More