Update NASA came out with v1.4 of World Wind in February 2007.  This release adds an improved GPS Tracker plugin and 3D model support.  If you think Google Earth has all you need, think again.  NASA is working with Sun Microsystems  on World Wind Java, copmlete with a Java + OpenGL API.  And while there's some coordinate- and data-set overlap between Google Earth and World Wind, it's actually pretty minimal.  Each provides resources the other doesn't.  And, the way things seem to be going, it seems we sure could use a spare planet anyway.

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