Mars Info Lite vs Terra

Explore Mars using simple gestures to rotate a globe, tilt, zoom and select locations. Credits - Viking Orbiter MDIM 2.1 map of Mars - NASA NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio: GMM-3 MOLA (Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter) Topography map GMM-3 Free-Air Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Bouguer Mars Gravity map GMM-3 Crustal Mars Thickness map Features: - Ability to pinpoint about 80 the most interesting areas on the map of Mars, including volcanos, craters, plains, mountains, spacecrafts. - Displaying some information about the location, such as its name, type, short description, size and coordinates. - Ability to select locations on the 3D globe and on the plain list. - Zoom, rotation, tilt of the globe. Lite version is limited to display 7 locations for each category, i.e. you will see 42 places vs 80 (currently) in a full version.

Global design of the NASA Terra satellite, represented along with its equipment and some data products. The application allows the user to interact with a 3D model of the NASA Terra satellite in order to learn the way it works, the payload and equipment present in the system, and the kind of data the satellite obtains to perform detailed observations of the Earth. Very useful to introduce in satellite development and EOS missions. The application is composed of the following interactive sections: * Flyby: Simulation of the overpass of the satellite. Time, distance and size proportions are completely real. The scene does not show the real position of the satellite. Actually, it will appear in a different and random part of the globe every time the scene is loaded. * Terra: 3D visualization of the satellite, where each instrument can be selected to get complete information about it. * MODIS: Simple 3D visualization of the Terra MODIS instrument, where every component has been identified. * Products: Visualization of processed data acquired by the Terra ASTER instrument. The area belongs to Monfragüe National Park (Spain), and it can be observed using different band combinations, which allow to highlight certain characteristics. The scene also presents a simulation of an user login procedure to download the original satellite products. NOTE: This is NOT an official NASA application. All the information has been collected from official publications. CREDITS: The original Terra mission is currently being developed by NASA. This institution owns the rights over the official and original design of the satellite, payload and data product types. The 3D adaptation of the satellite has been performed using official NASA sources and belongs to Himalaya Computing. The Milky Way background was generated by ESO.