MacKiev offers "3D Weather Globe and Atlas"
updated 03:20 pm EST, Wed January 19, 2005
3D Weather Globe & Atlas
MacKiev has released its , which provides "weather on your desktop" with realtime cloud cover, temperature and seven-day forecasts. The $40 application uses highest resolution NASA satellite maps, letting users locate cities, plot travel routes, time zones, country borders, night/day line, and more. The maps used are "the highest resolution maps ever made of the entire planet -- one pixel to a kilometer -- made from NASA satellite photos." Current weather conditions and a seven day forecast are provided for 10,000 cites around the world.












Ultra-Nifty
01/19, 05:28pm reply
I saw this demonstrated at MacWorld. The OpenGL implementation is super cool. To quote Mr. Jobs, the 3D motion graphics are "Lickable".
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