Virtual Ocean - A New Data Visualisation Tool

Virtual Ocean integrates the *GeoMapApp tool suite with the **NASA World Wind 3-D earth browser.

The Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT) synthesis developed by the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) is the primary base map for Virtual Ocean, providing access to a comprehensive multi-resolution compilation of satellite altimetry and multibeam bathymetry data. Several MGDS data sets are accessible in Virtual Ocean through live OGC-standard Web services. Options are also provided for users to import their own data sets.

Visit the Help Page for more information on how to use Virtual Ocean.

Click here to download and launch Virtual Ocean. After initialization, select the Virtual Ocean base map projection.

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You may also need to install Java JRE on your machine to run this application - download from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads

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*GeoMapApp is a data exploration and visualization tool that is continually being expanded as part of the Marine Geoscience Data System at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. It is a Java™ application that may be freely downloaded and will run on all platforms with a JRE (Windows, MacOSX, Solaris and Linux). Learn more about GeoMapApp by reading about GeoMapApp, the Help pages, and the Development History.

**World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D

Above excerpts from http://www.virtualocean.org/, *http://www.geomapapp.org/ and **http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/index.html