On Saturday 05 November 2005 06:50 am, ET wrote: > Aron Smith wrote: > > On Friday 04 November 2005 08:36 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > >>On Friday 04 November 2005 07:57 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > >>>On Friday 04 November 2005 03:12 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: > >>>>On Friday 04 November 2005 10:38 am, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > >>>>>On November 3, 2005 21:38, Miark wrote: > >>>>>>On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:54:18 -0700, Aron wrote: > >>>>>>>having been looking for a linux equivalent to Google Earth > >>>>>>>I found this > >>>>>>>http://freshmeat.net/projects/earth3d/ > >>>>>>>there was an RPM available ..it loaded and ran :-) > >>>>>>>anyone else using it? > >>>>>> > >>>>>>There's a Mandriva RPM for it, too. I installed it and tried > >>>>>>it, but the interface is pretty bad. I haven't used it since. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Miark > >>>>> > >>>>>I tried the Mandriva rpm under 10.1, and nothing happened. ps showed > >>>>>the program was running, but nothing ever appeared on the screen. > >>>>> > >>>>>When I started it from the command line, it stopped after giving the > >>>>>message "CONNECTTOSERVER". I'm guessing for whatever reason it > >>>>>couldn't contact the server. I wonder if the firewall is getting in > >>>>>the way (didn't think it would stop an outgoing connection, but I'm > >>>>>no expert in this area). > >>>>> > >>>>>I noticed that the Mandriva rpm is for version 1.0.2, but the latest > >>>>>source release is 1.0.4. Don't have the time to try building from > >>>>>source. > >>>> > >>>>I installed 1.0.2. When executed from command line, it comes up. I > >>>>select a map and it puts lots of info in the terminal window along with > >>>>several " error=1 errorstring, request aborted" messages. When > >>>>finished I am left with a big white circle in a black square--not very > >>>>interesting. terminal. > >>> > >>>I am currently looking at the gulf of Arden at 100 meter resolution > >>>you have to click on one of the urls and select a source > >>>zoom in and out with your mouse wheel > >> > >>I do select a url from the list on the left of the window. I am able to > >>display marks like city names and flags, but if I select a map from one > >> of the urls, the globe is just covered with large grayscale rectangles. > > > > Did you use the one Landsat7 100m/pixel ? > > Might also be a function related to the video driver and overlay Easy way to find out I'll install it on my desktop box which does not have accelerated graphics [been running it on laptop]
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