National Geographic Presents: 3D Globe

Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP

Topics Entertainment, 2004, CD-ROM

Main 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 Description

National 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!

Product Details

Title: National Geographic Presents: 3D Globe
Sales Rank: 572 in Software
Publisher: Topics Entertainment
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, CD-ROM
Item Dimensions: 1 pounds
Package Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches, 1 pounds

Customer Reviews

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… More reviews

So - So: I bought this software because I teach a class on Geography. National Geographic is well known for producing excellent maps, however with this product 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… More reviews

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 this product. I thank the other reviewers who shared their objectivity, and together we've "dragged" a software skeptic into the world of "stronger" globe options!… More reviews

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.… More reviews

3D Globe review: This product 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… More reviews