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Sunday, 27th August 2006

Take a 3D Tour of Mt. Everest; Still Standing by for SkylineGlobe

Very cool. This site is available in English and German. Direct to Mt. Everest 3D

"In cooperation with the university of applied sciences, Stuttgart, Germany and TerraBiz, 2 students have realized in theire diploma thesis the interactive 3d visualisation of the Mount Everest with trakking routes, points of interests and a virtual sightseeing tour."

Fast Facts:
You'll need to download the Skyline Software TerraExplorer app. Fast and Free. You'll be prompted for it. You can also go to this page and download. As you'll see, once you have it, you can virtually fly over several cities in 3D. This page is a showcase of other apps (most free) that use Skyline technology. Have some time available, you're going to need it. :-)

Also, if the name Skyline Software sounds a bit familiar, kudos. We've mentioned the company several times including about two months ago when we linked to a sneak preview review of their coming soon, SkylineGlobe. It's a 5Mb plugin and offers all sorts of features as Adena Schutzberg notes in her excellent review.

Two features that SkylineGlobe will provide are access to live traffic cams from Trafficland (we just mentioned this compmy two weeks ago as part of our Real-Time Information database collection.)

+ Real time weather info updated every three minutes. SkylineGlobe also features an open API for developers.

See Also: Direct to SkylineGlobe info site (Screen caps and more, register for notification when the service goes live)

Lawsuits
Worth noting that Skyline is suing Google for patent infringement for tech used with Google Earth. News.com reported that Google won an early decision that allows them to continue distributing Google Earth as the case proceeds. The trial itself is set for mid-November or mid-December of this year.


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