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Rxke

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2003-11-03

Posts: 3,669

Re: Fancy a virtual walk on Mars? - These guys are working on it.

http://druantia.sourceforge.net/]Druantia

"Druantia is an attempt to create a full resolution, realtime and client-server based 3D virtual trip to Mars, Licensed under GNU GPL.
The project is still in early infancy, however the important materials like datasets have already been acquired and pre-processed."

" main project goal is to create a 1:1 scale (in terms of both size and resolution) working model of an entire planet."

Programmers with spare time, they can use your help!

Shaun Barrett

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From: Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Registered: 2001-12-28

Posts: 2,843

Re: Fancy a virtual walk on Mars? - These guys are working on it.

Sounds brilliant, Rik!   
    It's certainly the only way I'll ever get to 'walk' on Mars - in this life anyway.

    Needless to say, I won't be offering my services to help with the programming; might as well ask a chimpanzee to do calculus!
                                               

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Commodore

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From: Upstate NY, USA

Registered: 2004-07-25

Posts: 1,021

Re: Fancy a virtual walk on Mars? - These guys are working on it.

Needless to say, I won't be offering my services to help with the programming; might as well ask a chimpanzee to do calculus!
                                               

Well you know what they say, put a monkey in a room with a typewriter, and eventually it will write Shakespeare.   

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John Creighton

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From: Nova Scotia, Canada

Registered: 2001-09-04

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Re: Fancy a virtual walk on Mars? - These guys are working on it.

I can't wait 

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Rxke

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2003-11-03

Posts: 3,669

Re: Fancy a virtual walk on Mars? - These guys are working on it.

Mental image of Shaun in a monkey-cage, a BIIIIG computer in front of him, a BIIIIG pile of banana's on his side...

*ducks*