Global Clouds (near realtime clouds)
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| To choose different days cloud cover, right click on the GlobalClouds layer in the [[Layer Manager]] and click properties to change the settings. The 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons allow you to browse through your local history and watch the cloud cover evolve over the globe. | To choose different days cloud cover, right click on the GlobalClouds layer in the [[Layer Manager]] and click properties to change the settings. The 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons allow you to browse through your local history and watch the cloud cover evolve over the globe. | ||
| - | Images older than ten days are automaticaly deleted. If you want to keep some, just rename them so their names dont start with 'clouds' (ie: my_clouds_20051129-1205.png) - Images are in the /Program Files/Nasa/World Wind 1.3/Plugins/GlobalClouds/ folder. | + | Images older than ten days are automatically deleted. If you want to keep some, just rename them so their names dont start with 'clouds' (ie: my_clouds_20051129-1205.png) - Images are in the /Program Files/Nasa/World Wind 1.3/Plugins/GlobalClouds/ folder. |
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Revision as of 21:24, 1 December 2005
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 Global Clouds
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| Developer | Patrick Murris |
| Latest release | 0.3 / Nov, 2005 |
| License | Public domain |
| Web site | Plug-in Website |
The GlobalClouds plug-in renders a near realtime textured cloud layer around the world, which automatically updates every three hours.
Contents |
Installation
Download Global Clouds 0.3 and double click the downloaded file, follow the on-screen prompts to install the plug-in.
Usage
To use the plug-in load World Wind, open the Plug-Ins menu and click Load/Unload... (see figure 1).
Click on 'GlobalClouds' in the Plugin Load/Unload window and then press the Load button, the indicator next to 'GlobalClouds' should turn green, you can now safely close the Plugin Load/Unload window.
The first time it will not show clouds right-away but will start downloading the latest cloud image. This can take some time (30 seconds ?). A grey progress bar will show up in the lower right corner of the screen. The next time you start the plugin it will show the latest image downloaded and will look for an update if more than three hours have passed.
To choose different days cloud cover, right click on the GlobalClouds layer in the Layer Manager and click properties to change the settings. The 'Next' and 'Previous' buttons allow you to browse through your local history and watch the cloud cover evolve over the globe.
Images older than ten days are automatically deleted. If you want to keep some, just rename them so their names dont start with 'clouds' (ie: my_clouds_20051129-1205.png) - Images are in the /Program Files/Nasa/World Wind 1.3/Plugins/GlobalClouds/ folder.
External Links
You can find alternate cloud maps on the following sites :
- Celestial Texture Foundry by Fridger Schrempp, (click on 'What is available' and look for earth-clouds.png - real nice)
- The Celestia Motherlode try the first Earth Cloud Map in 4K png.
Save the image files (which shoud be .png) in Program Files/Nasa/World Wind 1.3/Plugins/GlobalClouds/ they will become available in the layer setttings (right click on GlobalClouds layer in Layer Manager). Cloud maps in .jpg format do not have transparency informations and will not work with this version.
See also
- Stars3D plug-in. A subset of the Hipparcos catalog as star background.
- Atmospheric halo Original Mashi's plug-in revisited.
- Sky and Fog plug-in. Sky dome and haze effect.
Credits
The installer for this plug-in was made using a script created by mazop. The cloud map is produced by a script written by Hari Nair.
