Binding: CD-ROM Brand: TOPICS Entertainment EAN: 0781735805299 Format: CD-ROM Label: Topics Entertainment Manufacturer: Topics Entertainment Model: CS-529S Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Topics Entertainment Release Date: October 15, 2004 Sales Rank: 522 Studio: Topics Entertainment
Features:
World's first atlas of the earth entirely in 3D-topography
Easy, free navigation, zooming, and rotation
Cartographic, topographic, political, and geophysical maps
Covers origin of the earth, tectonics, volcanoes, weather, and more
Extensive encyclopedia about countries; bonus map of the moon
Product DescriptionNational Geographic Presents 3D Globe lets explorers discover the intricacy of our planet, through multiple perspectives. This powerful 2-CD set harnesses virtual technology to link thousands of satellite photos, rendering them into a detailed 3D globe. Zoom and rotate the globe for closer looks at the places you've always wanted to visit!
What Others Say
This Is Quite Good
And it gets better as you become more adept at scrolling through the globe/map. For what it is - and be perfectly clear: it's just what it says it is: a 3D Globe - it allows for a considerable range of information. There's also text about countries and so forth; but the text is extremely limited in that it gives very little geographical data about the countries (such as highest and lowest points and average height). Also, the topography is not as good or as detailed as on a regular atlas (e.g.,it gives no indication of relative heights of mountain ranges). When using the software, it helps to also have an encyclopedia open so as to toggle back and forth to get the kind of detailed information that 3D Globe doesn't have. I'd have given this ... Read More
So - So
I bought this software because I teach a class on Geography. National Geographic is well known for producing excellent maps, however with National Geographic Presents: 3D Globe I was a bit disappointed. The drawbacks are many, and include not being able to zoom in very far to observe details, regions within countries are not named, nor is there a display option to show them, political maps do not show state, or any other internal political boundaries within countries. Overall, it has some good uses, but I find myself still accessing google earth more often than this software.
Won 'em over
I gave this as a gift in the Fall to a very paper-oriented individual . .they wanted a real globe or update Atlas. They were skeptical, but were quickly won over by National Geographic Presents: 3D Globe. I thank the other reviewers who shared their objectivity, and together we've "dragged" a software skeptic into the world of "stronger" globe options!
Why is 3D Globe so good?
3D Globe doesn't seem to DO anything much. Click on a city name and it does nothing. Click on ANYTHING and it does nothing. It doesn't even zoom closer than a standard state highway map. So the globe rotates and shows night and day... and you can look up cities and countries. You can do that with an encyclopedia. By comparison, Encarta is a thrill ride IMHO.
To me this software performs like something from the $1.00 CD clearance rack.
3D Globe review
National Geographic Presents: 3D Globe is as advertised by National Geographic.3D Globe is very much an atlas in digital form. 3D Globe provides the user with the ability to navigate around the world, with the option of selecting specific countries and researching statistics of every kind on the selected nation,including its history. The navigation tools that are afforded to the user permit the user to acquire closeup views of national boundaries, regions, states, and cities within countries. Additionally, 3D Globe provides the researcher with tools to examine ecological regions that occupy the world as well as climate patterns. A user, for example, can locate volcanoes, deserts, continental drift patterns, mountain ranges, etc... 3D Globe also has an excellent Moon feature. ... Read More
