EarthDesk 5.2 Adds Shaded Relief Maps

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Xerix Design announced the immediate availability of EarthDesk 5.2 on Thursday. The update for the dynamic desktop image of the Earth added support for shaded relief maps along with improved cloud updating.

EarthDesk lets users view a real-time image of the Earth as their Desktop background. It shows sun, moon and city lighting, weather patterns, seasonal maps, real-time cloud cover, and more.

EarthDesk 5.2 is priced at US$24.95 and is available for download at the Xeric Design Web site.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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paikinho

Or you could get a really nice GPL version from the original xearth or another version xglobe.
http://xearth.darwinports.com/
http://xglobe.darwinports.com/

or even better a free cocoa osx version:
http://www.osxplanet.com/

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