Created by the Ultramundum Foundation for the 4DMoon Apollo elegy project, the interactive 3D model of the whole Moon is offered to the public for the first time in the world in May 2009. Similar products are NASA WorldWind and Google Earth (offering Earth and Mars but not the Moon), the Foundation is the first to publish all the Moon without 'holes' and in real-time 3D with a continuous descent from space to surface level.
Available NASA data have may problems and Ultramundum has developed a number of complex algorithms to create a continuous global surface coverage. A degree thesis analyses the complexities of the work that has been done and is available on this site.

To see an example, click on this image that shows NASA WorldWind and UltraPort side-by-side:

With this achievement Ultramundum shows again high development capabilities for the creation of free 3D interactive products of very large complexity at a planetary scale before all other organizations, even faster than giants like Google and NASA in a highly technological field.

  DOWNLOAD 4DMoon explorer       

File in autoinstall RAR format - 94.9 Mb
License: freeware
minimum system requirements: PC with Pentium IV 2Ghz, 512Mb RAM, video card with 128Mb,
Windows 2000/Xp/Vista/7.
Decompress in any folder and then launch start.bat or desktop shortcut
Disinstall simply by removing the folder.

The open source kit is under development and will be available soon, with the whole lunar database of many gigabytes of images and data and with the real-time exploration software. Everybody wishing to take al look at the inner workings of products like this will be free to explore the code as well as the planet. The Foundation offers free assistance to developers, schools and simple enthusiasts. To get more informations and to be informed when the kit wil be published, contact us.

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