On Saturday 05 November 2005 07:30 am, ET wrote: > Aron Smith wrote: > > 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] > > if you expect it to run as well as google earth, it really will need > accel graphics, but the accel graphics may not be the "whole" answer Even with accel graphics it doesn't run as slick as google earth :-(
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