What's new in 1.3.4

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Introduction

This is a working document for information on NASA WorldWind's 1.3.4 release. NASA WorldWind version 1.3.4 is expected to enter beta testing the first week of April 2006 and be released mid April.

What's New

New Included Plugins

In this release, we're including some of the best community-contributed plugins:

  • SDSS
  • KML Importing: this will allow compatibility with Google Earth placemarks, network links, and more, via ShockFire
  • Starfield: adds a dynamicaly rendered starfield background to World Wind using data from the Hipparcos catalog, via Patrick Murris
  • Compass Rose: renders a compass in WorldWind, via Patrick Murris
  • Measuring tool: measure distances/bearings on the globe, via Mashi
  • Clock: On-screen clock, via Mashi
  • Movie Recorder: Movie recording script. Plays back a script file with camera positions and records each frame to sequentially numbered bitmap files on disk, via Mashi

New Earth Datasets

New Extraterrestrial Datasets

  • In addition to the Moon which debuted in 1.3.3, we now have Mars!

Bug Fixes

  • review SVN commit logs for bugfix list

PR places

  • 'street team'
    • user's gis blogs (list here)
  • geo-oriented tech blogs
  • open source / tech related blogs
  • joint PR opportunities
  • larger pr outlets
    • Microsoft
    • traditional media
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