Comment Re:Too true (Score 1) 117
your post reminds me of a an argument by a British chap that LHD cars are illogical and that there would be less fatalities on the road if every nation of the world would start driving on the left. He used the Japan example to prove his point.
I am perfectly comfortable driving with the gear stick on the left or the right and I don't get mixed up between break and gas pedal since ... they are exactly in the same order.
However I do confess that upon switching from RHD to LHD I have my left hand trying to open the door whenever a gear shift is due ... it only takes me a few minutes to get used to this and better coordinate my movements.
Have you ever tried World Wind for more than 5 minutes?
If you had posted 3 years ago I could have used your post as a layout for a review about GE when it was made freely accessible first.
By now I know both GE and WW well enough to say that although superficially they might appear similar they are fundamentally different and address different requirements, exactly in the same way as Windows and Linux (or VW and Porsche) do.
By the way, I am involved with both: if you are a GE user you will be familiar with the Tracks4Africa layer in "featured content" (you will need version 4 installed)
http://www.tracks4africa.com/t4a_google.asp
and with the World Wind South Africa program for the local schools
http://www.space.gov.za/worldwind/
I try to maintain an open objective mind. I suggest you do the same. Nevertheless I feel entitled for being biased since WW terrain data ...
http://ige09.free.fr/3d/WW/compWW-GE.en.php?lng=en
and open source nature allows me to achieve results which I cannot dream to achieve with GE
http://www.madmappers.com/pub/CapeTown_Spot5_c.jpg
That was done with WW version 1.35 (SOMEBODY: fix the broken clouds plug-in in 1,4 !)
I am enjoying testing (and learning) the new WW version 1.4 with hill shading and other innovations.
WW1.4 - TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE !!!
Ciao
Maurizio
I am perfectly comfortable driving with the gear stick on the left or the right and I don't get mixed up between break and gas pedal since
However I do confess that upon switching from RHD to LHD I have my left hand trying to open the door whenever a gear shift is due
Have you ever tried World Wind for more than 5 minutes?
If you had posted 3 years ago I could have used your post as a layout for a review about GE when it was made freely accessible first.
By now I know both GE and WW well enough to say that although superficially they might appear similar they are fundamentally different and address different requirements, exactly in the same way as Windows and Linux (or VW and Porsche) do.
By the way, I am involved with both: if you are a GE user you will be familiar with the Tracks4Africa layer in "featured content" (you will need version 4 installed)
http://www.tracks4africa.com/t4a_google.asp
and with the World Wind South Africa program for the local schools
http://www.space.gov.za/worldwind/
I try to maintain an open objective mind. I suggest you do the same. Nevertheless I feel entitled for being biased since WW terrain data
http://ige09.free.fr/3d/WW/compWW-GE.en.php?lng=e
and open source nature allows me to achieve results which I cannot dream to achieve with GE
http://www.madmappers.com/pub/CapeTown_Spot5_c.jp
That was done with WW version 1.35 (SOMEBODY: fix the broken clouds plug-in in 1,4 !)
I am enjoying testing (and learning) the new WW version 1.4 with hill shading and other innovations.
WW1.4 - TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE !!!
Ciao
Maurizio
