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: The seventh satellite of the [http://landsat.usgs.gov/ LandSat] project. See [[LandSat 7]] for information on the satellite's imagery in World Wind.
 
 
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Revision as of 15:32, 14 November 2005

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A

ADT
Architectural Desktop

B

B-Rep
Boundary Representation


C

CAAD
Computer Aided Architectural Design
CAD
Computer Aided Design
CRS
coordinate reference system
CSG
Constructive Solid Geometry

D

DDS
Data Design System
DXF
Data Exchange Format, File Format

E

F

FM
Facility Management
FZK
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

G

GIS
Geographic Information System
GML
Geography Markup Language [1]
GUID
Global Unique Identifier

H

HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HVAC
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning


I

IAI
International Alliance for Interoperability
IFC
Industry Foundation Classes
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, File Format

J

K

KML
Keyhole Markup Language [2]

L

Latitude
Degrees difference North or South from the Equator.
LoD
Level of Detail
Longitude
Degrees difference East or West from Greenwich, England.

M

MODIS
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. See Rapid Fire MODIS for usage details in World Wind.

N

NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NLT
NASA Learning Technologies
NOSA
NASA Open Source Software Agreement
NWW
NASA World Wind

O

Orthophoto
A photograph that has been processed to have a uniform-scale.

P

pan-sharpening
The act of combining a low resolution color image with a high resolution black and white image to create a high resolution color image.

S

script
A prerecorded series of view changes and text display that can be run from within World Wind.
SRTM
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
Surface Data
See dataset.
SVS
Scientific Visualization Studio

T

tile
An image from a dataset. World Wind downloads datasets one tile at a time.
Topographic
Graphic representation of the surface features of an area.

U

USGS
U.S. Geological Survey

W

WMS
Web Map Server is a specification by the Open Geospatial Consortium. See WMS Browser for usage details in World Wind.
WWC
World Wind Central
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