Since the beginning of 2007 we’ve posted about some useful and interesting interactive online maps produced by a company named MapleCroft. On 1/25/07 we posted about an updated interactive map of Global Natural Disaster Economic Losses. On 2/16/07 we mentioned updated maps about global displacement and global hunger.

Today, we can report that many of these and other maps can now “added on” and used with NASA’s Open Source 3D Digital Globe, World Wind.

World Wind is free to download and use.

Maplecroft Maps on NASA World Wind:
+ Global map of aid
+ Global map of avian influenza risk
+ Global map of China’s integration into the world economy 2006
+ Global map of corporate governance
+ Global map of debt
+ Global map of energy security
+ Global map of greenhouse gas emissions 2006
+ Global map of HIV/AIDS 2006
+ Global map of human rights
+ Global map of natural disasters

The list of add-ons for World Wind continues to expand almost every week. Here’s a full llist.

A Few Quick Notes:
1) World Wind Central is the place to go to learn about and discuss the product.
2) World Wind can also be used to view imagery of the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, as well as material from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
3) You can import .KML and .KMZ files that contain placemarks.
4) Along with various database of Earth imagery, you can also import and utilize imagery from Microsoft’s Virtual Earth. Super cool!

See Also: NASA’s Digital 3D Globe World Wind Adds New Resources Including One Aimed at Educators

See Also: Near Real-Time Mapping for World Wind

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