February 23, 2006

DesktopEarth

Desktop EarthHey map junkies; here’s some eye candy for your computer. DesktopEarth gives your desktop high-resolution images, that update as the sun moves to show daylight and nighttime on the Earth. It even uses a new images each month to reflect (no pun intended) changes in snow cover and vegetation. The imagery comes from NASA’s Blue Marble Next and Earth’s City Lights.

Now for the caveats — it’s a hard-drive hog, using 110 MB when installed (34 MB to download) and it only works on Windows operating systems that support Active Desktop. I was concerned that it would bog down my computer, which has had its problems lately, but I’m seeing no ill effects. And it even motivated me to clean my desktop, an amazing and rare occurrence.

Via VerySpatial

Feb 23, 2006 12:50:01 PM | Maps, Software

2 Comments

Arnaud

Hey... ;-) Just for info for the Mac Fans... There is the same thing and it is called EarthDesk ! I have it and it is worth more than a try ! ;)

Posted by: Arnaud | August 25, 2006 at 07:04 AM

Rich Owings

Thanks for the tip!

Posted by: Rich Owings | August 25, 2006 at 10:07 AM

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