Reading Time: < 1 min When WorldWide Telescope came out earlier this year, it blew a lot of people away — including me. It’s a phenomenal program! However, it didn’t support the excellent SpaceNavigator device, making it much more difficult to use. I thought it was a bug at first, but it was simply not a supported device. Today 3Dconnexion […]
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Virtual Earth 6.2 released, with stunning clouds
Reading Time: < 1 min Virtual Earth 6.2 has been released, with a whole host of new features. Among them: New imagery — “Richer bird’s eye” and new 3D imagery, but I can’t find a list of what’s been updated. Weather integration — Real-time clouds (see more below) Localized maps — English, German, French, Italian and Spanish. Near-matching — Helps […]
3Dconnexion releases SpaceNavigator for Notebooks
Reading Time: < 1 min As many of you know, I am a huge fan of the SpaceNavigator. As Stefan Geens says, there is simply no better way to navigate Google Earth. Today, 3Dconnexion has released a portable version of the SpaceNavigator, at about half the size and twice the cost ($129 vs. $59). Is it worth it? My initial […]
10 million downloads on Google Earth Hacks
Reading Time: < 1 min The 10 millionth file download on Google Earth Hacks is coming soon, and they’re giving away a few SpaceNavigators to celebrate. Guess the exact date/time of the 10 millionth download and you can win. Details about the contest can be found here, and here is where you can enter to win.
Sandio 3D Mouse
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve had the opportunity to play with the Sandio 3D O2 mouse for a few days and I thought I’d share my impressions of it with you. Before I saw the mouse, I was expecting something similar to the SpaceNavigator, but it’s not very similar at all. To start with (and I think this is […]
10 best new features in Google Earth since its release
Reading Time: 3 min When Google Earth was first released, there was talk about it everywhere and they were overwhelmed with downloads. Since then, it’s become more and more popular. However, I’m sure there are a lot of folks that downloaded it two years ago, checked it out a little bit, and then haven’t gone back in. Here’s what […]