Personal computer system, compact disk, and method for interacti

Details Personal computer system, compact disk, and method for interacti Personal computer system, compact disk, and method for interacti

1996-12-20

2000-08-29

Grant, Chris

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display driving control circuitry

Controlling the condition of display elements

348 13, 455 61, H04N 716

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061115681

ABSTRACT:
A method of interactively viewing the Earth including the steps of: selecting satellite viewpoint of a region of the Earth; reading prestored image of the region of the Earth from the satellite viewpoint; displaying the prestored image; selecting prestored wide-angle images of the region from a lower-altitude viewpoint in comparison to the satellite viewpoint; selecting and displaying portions of the prestored wide-angle images; reading and displaying prestored textual data associated with the region of the Earth; and selecting and displaying prestored terrestrial images of the region of the Earth from a terrestrial viewpoint.

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"Peering Out a `Real Time` Window" by Peter H. Lewis, The New York Times, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1995.

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