If you look through the forums you can find some plug-ins that the community put together, I found a GPS download that sounded really cool and got some nice reviews from others in the community. In addition to the features listed above you can also freely download and install non-included plug-ins, created by other companies that work on the technology. I believe that most of you will be impressed: 3D engine, Blue Marble, Land Sat 7, SRTM, Animated Earth, MODIS, GLOBE, Country & State Borders, Place Names, Visual Tools, Landmark set. Here’s a list of the features that you can read about on the Features page. The list of futures just goes on and on, it’s really quite something and, as I said before, the program surprised me with it’s capabilities and polish. World Wind does this with incredible precision, providing a myriad of options, plug-ins, and tools that can be used for any number of purposes. World Wind is a program that renders (creates) a 3-D model of the earth, A virtual globe that you are able to turn, shift, rotate and more. Well enough of me raving about a program you haven’t even seen yet and know nothing about other than it’s created by NASA so probably has something to do with space. World Wind seems more like a robust full pay program, rather than the usual free application. Word Wind is a program developed by NASA that has received some serious attention from various technology-based sources of media, and deservedly so. Before you read on though I just thought I’d let you know that you must have Windows 2000 or XP and broadband for this one (don’t want you droolin’ over something you can’t have). Story by Lindsey Doermann.This download is one of the coolest I think we’ve run, Dave actually found this one and after downloading and installing it my jaw dropped. NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. In October, Windpark Fryslân will be the site of the Windmill Cup, a sailing race that courses through the turbines. While the island is only 2 hectares (5 acres) in size, it is surrounded by 25 hectares (60 acres) of shallow water that provides habitat for fish.Īlong with a new power source and wildlife habitat, the Dutch have found new recreational opportunities associated with wind project. Nearby, an artificial island that was created as a construction platform now serves as a nature reserve and bird sanctuary. One of the two sets of locks in the dike is located at Kornwerderzand. In addition, installing the rotors, which are 130 meters (430 feet) in diameter, required finding windows of relative calm in a naturally windy place. The vessels had to both fit through the locks in the dike and operate in the shallow waters of the lake. A major constraint was the size of ships that could be used to transport construction materials and turbine components to the site. In 2022, the installation produced 1.236 terawatt hours.Ĭonstructing the wind farm in Lake IJssel posed unique challenges, according to the company Van Oord, which was part of the consortium that built Windpark Fryslân. This is equivalent to approximately 1.2 percent of electricity use in the Netherlands, or enough to power about 500,000 households. The wind farm came online in autumn 2021 with the capacity to generate 1.5 terawatt hours annually. The 32-kilometer-long (20-mile-long) Afsluitdijk, which provides flood protection and separates the lake from the Wadden Sea, is also prominent in the image. Their arrangement in a hexagon shape is intended to minimize how much the installation obstructs the view of the horizon. In this image, acquired by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 on July 8, 2023, Windpark Fryslân’s precisely spaced turbines are seen rising out of Lake IJssel. Windpark Fryslân, an array of 89 wind turbines clustered within a hexagon shape, is the largest freshwater wind farm in the world. So it may come as little surprise that the Netherlands is home to a modern, second-to-none wind energy installation. Suffice it to say, the Dutch have a history with wind power. Today’s story is the answer to the July 2023 puzzler.
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