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3map - the 3D interactive map of the planet
Try the live 3map demo now
System Requirements for planetary demo:
- A broadband internet connection
- A Windows machine (Mac and Linux see below)
- A recent consumer grade 3D card (such as an ATI Radeon 9600, 9700, 9800, or NVidia GeForce 3, 4 or FX)
- BS Contact 6.1 (free download)
Demo instructions in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format - suitable for printing.
3map's virtual earth comprises a virtual representation of the entire planet, including all the material in the individual demos below. It requires BS Contact 6.1 (available for Windows only) as other VRML/X3D browsers do not support the level-of-detail management required to display such a large dataset.
However subsets of the Earth - individual cities or mountain ranges, for example - can be viewed in other VRML/X3D browsers, which are available for most computer platforms. See below to try the individual demos for yourself. |
System Requirements for individual demos:
- A broadband internet connection
- Windows, Mac or Linux PC
- A recent consumer grade 3D card (such as an ATI Radeon 9600, 9700, 9800, or NVidia GeForce 3, 4 or FX)
- A VRML/X3D Browser (free download)
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Project materials including demonstrations, documentation, executables and source code are being placed in the Milestones section as they are completed.
3map is a Free Software project. We welcome collaborators. Developers, 3D modelers, writers, designers, and all sorts of other people will be needed to build planet-earth.
To get involved, email us or join the 3map-dev mailing list.
If you don't want to dive in, but would like periodic updates on the project (around once a month), you can join the 3map-announce mailing list instead.
Publications
Earth's Avatar - the Web Augmented Virtual Earth
Documents can be made available in cross-platform formats as required.
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Press images
Download print-resolution images suitable for press
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For more information, please phone +61.2.9500 6222 or email contact1@ping.com.au |