MY SITES: March 2009

Adobe ConnectNow is a great way to share ideas, discuss details, and complete work together — all online. Reduce travel costs, save time, and increase productivity with a web conferencing solution that is easy to access and simple to use. It's free.

https://www.acrobat.com/?app=brio&si=1&trackingid=COYSP#/connectnow/GoToMyMeeting

Screen sharing

Screen sharing screenshot

With just a click, enable meeting attendees to see what's happening on your screen. There's no better way to show and tell.

Whiteboard

Whiteboard screenshot Use familiar tools to mark up what's being shared onscreen. Draw lines and shapes, drag and reshape them, add text, and save the Whiteboard as a PNG file.

Screen sharing palette

Screen sharing palette screenshot Access key meeting features while you're sharing your screen.

Remote control

Remote control screenshot A meeting participant can take control of another participant's desktop with permission. This is useful for collaborative work sessions and technical support.

Video conferencing

Video conferencing screenshot With a webcam, you can even use multipoint video for a real in-person feel to your online meeting.

Integrated audio choices

Integrated audio choices screenshot Use the microphone on your computer to speak with other meeting attendees using VoIP. Or use one of the conference numbers provided for traditional teleconferencing.

Chat pod

Chat pod screenshot Send instant messages to one person or the whole group to raise questions and share ideas. Customize your Chat pod by selecting fonts, sizes, colors, and emoticons.

Unique meeting room URL

Unique meeting room URL screenshot Your own personal online meeting room has a permanent URL that is easy to remember, so you'll always know where to meet online.

http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/

Saturday, March 7, 2009

NASA World Wind

World Wind is a free^[1] open source virtual globe developed by NASA and the open sourcecommunity for use on personal computers running Microsoft Windows. The program overlays NASA and USGS satellite imagery, aerial photography, topographic maps and publicly availableGIS data on 3D models of the Earth and other planets.

World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Wind was released for the first time in 2004 by NASA. The latest version (1.4) developed mainly by open source community members from World Wind Central/Free Earth Foundation had its premiere on February 14, 2007.

Apart from the Earth there are several worlds in World Wind: Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter (with the fourGalilean moons of Io, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto) and SDSS (imagery of stars and galactics). All these worlds are available in the File menu.