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Software Eartha Global Explorer DVD

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Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Delorme Mapping
EAN: 0019916008994
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Delorme Mapping
Manufacturer: Delorme Mapping
Model: AO-001588-201
Publisher: Delorme Mapping
Sales Rank: 20164
Studio: Delorme Mapping

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
The Eartha Global Explorer DVD is a terrific way to literally see the entire world, but only if your computer hardware is up to task. Contained on this single DVD is a 3-D representation of earth that can be rotated, zoomed in on, and viewed from any angle. Major cities, roads, and points of interest are also depicted, and somehow there was still enough room left on the DVD to include audio descriptions of most place names and attractions on the maps. Best of all, it's dirt cheap.

DeLorme touts the software's ability to plot a course anywhere on earth, but we imagine few people would trust a product like this with their global vacation plans. The real draw of the software is its detailed 3-D view of the world, based on satellite imagery. It's easy to see the topographical features of, say, Costa Rica from a straight top-down view, but Eartha Global Explorer let us drop our altitude, change the viewing angle, and see the 3-D terrain from perspectives that we'd never be able to view from the real world.

The interface makes it easy to zip over the terrain and whirl around to change your viewpoint, but smooth performance requires a fast computer processor and a beefy video accelerator card. The program allows for software rendering, where your computer's CPU shoulders most of the graphics-crunching load, but it is worthless. Without an appropriate DirectX-compatible video accelerator, the maps look bad and are impossible to accurately rotate; the graphics simply can't keep up with your inputs. If you have a cutting-edge PC, however, Eartha Global Explorer is an educational toy that anyone interested in geography will enjoy. --T. Byrl Baker

Amazon.com Product Description:
Eartha Global Explorer DVD features amazing shaded relief maps for the entire world. Plus, you can see it all in 3-D. Soar over the North Pole, navigate through the Fjords of Norway--go anywhere you want. Plan a global trip--selecting from rail, air, or land-ferry routes--and the program will calculate your route. You can activate Floyd, an animated travel agent featuring Agent Technology, who will read to you the points of interest on the map. You can zoom in eight levels of magnification and see major and secondary roads.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Amazing, for the price
We used this product to navigate a small plane 9,000 miles throughout the US and the Caribbean (Bahamas, Trinidad, ABC's, & home). Extremely helpful. Helped in pre-flight planning, primarily. Provides great circle distances between airports, as well as tourist info along the route. One draw back, we couldn't figure out how to load it onto our hard disk, so had to use the CD version, which required an external CD reader. That problem could be overcome by a computer whiz, no doubt. One can ... Read More

Rating:

- This is excellent !!!
Eartha Global Explorer never took off because
back when it was released nobody's pc had the
hardware power to run it at its best.
Today on my P4, it is absolutely fabulous!!!
Just think about it, a single dvd with the entire
world, in high resolution, also containing
the major roads of every country. Amazing!!!

Rating:

- Global Explorer falls short on details
It's impressive list of features may not work on every machine. Although I was initially amazed at the 3D map of the world, the 2D travel routing never functioned on my machine despite repeated contact with tech support. I found their tech support personnel friendly and prompt to respond to email, but they were unable to help correct a problem with a DLL file that kept it from running on my system, even though my system is far superior to the minimum requirements. The DVD installed a version ... Read More

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