Talk:World Wind FAQ
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Two issues: 1 The Lat and Lon data for New Plymouth, New Zealand that is accessed in the Search function is incorrect. It should be lat=-39.05819 & lon=174.07835. 2 I suggest that you setup an easier way for the users to provide feedback on the accuracy of the data, particularly outside the USA.
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Pronunciation
How does one pronounce World Wind? Is it WIND as in blowing air, or WYND as in winding up a toy?
- Wind as in air. :-) --Nosilleg 21:06, 14 Apr 2006 (UTC)
Lake Irie?
Just loaded WorldWind V1.4. Noticed that it insists on calling Lake Erie "Lake Irie". Got a bad spelling in the placenames data. Not sure where to go to report this, so I mention it here hoping someone will forward the issue onto wherever it needs to go.
World Wind setup not a valid Win32 application?
I keep getting this error when I try to install World Wind; can someone help me? 71.54.68.245 22:20, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- corrupted download probably... try redownloading the installer with another browser/download client --m_k 09:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
A BADDDD Error!!!
How can I fix this problem? I got this error:
World Wind Error A Fatal Error has occurred: The following error(s) occurred: Unable to create the Direct3D m_Device3d.
24.251.234.86 17:03, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- What's your video card? Check if it's supported - Video Card Compatibility and make sure you have Managed DirectX. --m_k 10:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
using it
Dear Sir/Mam
I am a new user of this wonder ful software, but i do not know how to zoom in and out
- Press + key to zoom in and - to zoom out, you can use your mouse too (wheel, doubleclick or click both buttons and drag the mouse). See Image:Keychart.gif, Keyboard actions and World Wind Walkthrough Tutorial --m_k 19:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
NOSA v. FSF
On the NOSA, and why the FSF says the license is not free, here is the quote from the GNU website:
The NASA Open Source Agreement, version 1.3, is not a free software license because it includes a provision requiring changes to be your “original creationâ€. Free software development depends on combining code from third parties, and the NASA license doesn't permit this. We urge you not to use this license. In addition, if you are a United States citizen, please write to NASA and call for the use of a truly free software license.
I am sure that the Free Software Foundation would be willing to work with NASA to help rewrite the license in order to please both parties. Happy5214 02:57, 1 December 2009 (UTC)