Satellite Tracker
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| Satellite Tracker plug-in | |
|---|---|
 Satellites
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| Developer | Mashiharu and Robert Neuman |
| Latest release | 1.2 / Jan, 2006 |
| License | Public domain |
| Web site | Plug-in Website |
This plug-in adds dynamicaly rendered Satellites to World Wind, 400 satellites are displayed and a satellite info window appears on mouse-over.
Contents |
Installation
Download Satellite Tracker and extract the file to your World Wind Plugins directory.
Usage
To use the plug-in load World Wind, open the Plug-Ins menu and click Load/Unload... (see figure 1).
Click on 'Satellite Tracker' in the Plugin Load/Unload window and then press the Load button, the indicator next to 'Satellite Tracker' should turn green, you can now safely close the Plugin Load/Unload window.
To display satellites click on Satellite Tracker to show a list of satellites, tick a name and wait a few seconds for the satellite models to load.
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Notes
This plug-in relies on the system clock so for accurate results it should be synched with a timeserver, alo due to a floating point precision problem the satellite positions are not accurate in versions of World Wind less than 1.3.4.
