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The Earth and Moon Viewer
Entry ID: EARTHVIEW

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Summary

Abstract: The Earth and Moon Viewer allows users to view a map of the Earth showing the
day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon,
the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by
latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above
various cities around the globe.

Images can be generated based on a full-color image of ...

Description: View the map of the Earth.

Link: GET SERVICE > GET SOFTWARE PACKAGE

Description: View the map of the Moon.

Service Citation

Originators: John Walker
Title: The Earth and Moon Viewer
Release_Date: 1994
Provider: Fourmilab
URL: http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR

ATMOSPHERE >CLOUDS >CLOUD PROPERTIES >CLOUD FREQUENCY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ELEVATION

Platform

ACRIMSAT >Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite

ADEOS-I >Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I

Instrument

MODIS >Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

Access Constraints To use the Earth and Moon Viewer, you need a graphical Web browser with forms
support and the ability to display GIF and JPEG images. In order to pan around
the map or globe by clicking within the image, your browser must support
Client-Side Image Maps--if you don't know what this means, don't worry: if your
browser doesn't support the feature, you'll see a page which explains how to
proceed.

Use Constraints The Earth Viewer was first implemented by John Walker in December 1994. Most of
the software that generates the various views of the Earth was adapted from
Home Planet for Windows. See the details for additional implementation
information. The satellite tracking code is based upon the N3EMO Orbit
Simulator:

N3EMO Orbit Simulator routines v3.7

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Ancillary Keywords

GIS
Visualization

Service Provider

FB > Fourmilab

Service Organization URL: http://www.fourmilab.ch/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: JOHN WALKER Email: kelvin at fourmilab.ch

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Online
Fees: No fees

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2004-08-31
SERF Last Revision Date: 2004-09-01

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