Take a tour of the mysterious Red Planet, with realtime 3D graphics and touch navigation. Mars Globe is like a beautiful globe of Mars that fits in your pocket. It features realistic topographic lighting and atmosphere effects, and "heads-up" information display. Relax and watch the planet spin, or dig in and learn about Mars' most intriguing mysteries.
Features:
- Smooth 3D touch navigation.
- Switch between a natural color map based on satellite images and a false-color elevation map based on laser altimeter data.
- Realistic topographic lighting and atmosphere effects. Change the time of day or adjust the illumination angle directly, and watch the lighting shift on the terrain features as you do.
- Terrain labels are displayed in a 3D "tag cloud" that floats just above the surface. Touch any label to read about that place.
- The Highlights mode takes you on a guided tour of 64 of the planet's most intriguing locales. Simply use the arrow buttons to zip from feature to feature, read the descriptions, and follow any links that interest you.
- A short Introduction to Mars gets you started on your tour (see "Introduction / About This App" in the Options menu).
- Over 1500 terrain features are labelled and annotated, with links provided to additional information online.
- 100 Megabytes of Mars data are built into the app, so you can soar over the entire globe quickly and freely, even if you are offline.
If you're a space fan or if you're just a fan of amazing graphics on the iPhone and iPod Touch, this app is not to be missed.
Available now on the iTunes App Store.
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