ActiveEarth : ActiveEarth 3.0 Features

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-- E.K. in Birmingham, AL

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ActiveEarth 3.0 feature list

Time zone features
Time zone offset information for every country and state in the world
Daylight saving time information for every country and state in the world
ActiveEarth can check for updated time zone information periodically so you always have the current time zone rules	New in v3.0!
Weather features
The new weather tab has current condition info and seven day forecasts for all the US and 40,000+ international locations supplied by AccuWeather®	New in v3.0!
Current conditions can be displayed on clock faces, city icons on the map, and as corner objects	New in v3.0!
When adding a non-US city to the map, if the weather location cannot be matched automatically, a dialog appears showing every forecast location for that country from which the user can pick the closest one.	New in v3.0!
Day/night map
Day/night shaded map using the beautiful, NASA Visible Earth images
Three different projections: Lat/lon, Robinson, and globe
Display city labels on the globe, including current weather condition icons	New in v3.0!
Globe smoothly animates between cities selected in the More Information tab	New in v3.0!
Click and drag the globe to see it from any angle	New in v3.0!
The ActiveEarth map (in any of the three projections) can be set as your desktop wallpaper and will update every four minutes as long as AE is running	New in v3.0!
You can hide the clock tray or the map to streamline ActiveEarth if desired	New in v3.0!
Map corner objects
Display different objects in the extreme corners of the map such as:
Clocks, countdown clocks, the moon, a globe, or blank
Current weather conditions for any city	New in v3.0!
Click and drag corner object globe to view it from any angle	New in v3.0!
Corner objects can be resized	New in v3.0!
Cities
Display cities on the map with a matching clock along the bottom of the program
Display optional, custom sub-labels with each city	New in v3.0!
The default city list is now searchable and is improved containing all country capitals, time zone centers, and many major cities.	New in v3.0!
Adding cities is vastly improved with easy searching. ActiveEarth uses the GeoNames.org service to provide access to millions of place names, providing latitude, longitude, and time zone automatically.	New in v3.0!
When manually entering a location's details, if you right click on the map, ActiveEarth will do a reverse lookup on the latitude and longitude to pre-fill the country and time zone info.	New in v3.0!
Different icons for map locations even including current weather condition icons	New in v3.0!
Tools
View the time difference between two cities graphically
View the time difference between a city and a group of cities all at once!	New in v3.0!
View astronomical information for a city such as sunrise/sunset, moonrise/moonset, transits, day length, etc. on the More information tab
View anuual sun information for a city in an amazing graphical way
View current moon phase and dates for coming moon events
Time calculator	New in v3.0!
The application can be set to be aware of Northern or Southern Hemisphere settings so that the moon appears more naturally and the dates of the preset seasons are correct for the southern hemisphere	New in v3.0!
ActiveEarth can be set to start up with Windows which is useful if you rely on desktop clocks or the screen background	New in v3.0!
Clocks
Photo clocks now have an interface for selecting the background image from the local disk	New in v3.0!
Much more user control over styles and settings for both analog and digital clocks	New in v3.0!
Clock groups -- Allows user to have different groups of clocks so that the map and clock tray don’t get cluttered. For example, you could have a group of clocks for all your company’s international sales offices, and another for far-flung family members.	New in v3.0!
Clocks can be sorted in a variety of ways including a new user-defined sort	New in v3.0!
All clocks now have drop shadows on the hands and most use new WPF (the latest Microsoft development technology) image processing features to improve the rendering appearance and performance	New in v3.0!
Countdown clocks can track the time remaining to important events
Countdown clocks can be used as alarm clocks and can play sound, MP3, or even a movie clip when the countdown event passes	New in v3.0!
ActiveEarth Clock Pack One
Twelve additional analog clock designs for ActiveEarth including:
The Earth Time Instrument -- a clock containing a top-down view of the globe for a unique and useful, global way to tell time
The Harrison H4 -- a live, ticking version of the watch that changed the history of navigation in the 1700's
A flower clock, a clock with the sun/moon dial of a grandfather clock, a wrist watch, two 24-hour clocks, and more!
ActiveEarth Clock Pack Two	New for v3.0!
Twelve additional clock designs (9 analog and 3 digital) for ActiveEarth including:	New for v3.0!
The Neon Clock and Glass Clock -- you can specify the neon glow or glass colors or have them vary by minute or by hour	New for v3.0!
Three new photo clocks (two analog and one digital) that can display still images or slide shows of images from local folders or even from RSS feeds!	New for v3.0!
The Color Clock -- a pie-shaped wedge reveals wedges of different colors as time passes for a unique way to tell time	New for v3.0!
The Digital Image Clock -- A digital clock that uses images for the numbers like a ransom note	New for v3.0!
Desktop clock
The desktop clock is now fully integrated into the main ActiveEarth application. Any clock can be "floated" on the desktop and moved or resized.	New in v3.0!
Adjust clock properties, get time difference, astronomical information, and weather, all through a simple menu on the desktop clock	New in v3.0!
Screen saver
ActiveEarth can be set as your computer's screen saver
Settings can be adjusted within the ActiveEarth preferences dialog, or through the Windows Control Panel	New in v3.0!
On high-performance systems, objects can animate smoothly around the screen	New in v3.0!
Globe animates smoothly between cities on your map	New in v3.0!