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Foil 39 Content of New York State -- The Interactive Journey

From Master Foilset for Technologies and Issues for Virtual University HPDC95/SC95 Tutorials -- August 1/Dec 4 1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

NPAC's part of Living Schoolbook will provide 3D journeys through both Mars (courtesy of NASA) and parts of New York State
Computer holds digital maps and basic spatially tagged information such as
  • Video, text and Images of locations in New York State
  • Cultural, Historical, Geological Information
Teachers can add such information for particular classes to their clients or server.
Use for virtual field trips such as simulated trip down Hudson river or Erie canal
Note this is a generalized flight simulator and one can build on distributed simulation technology built by DoD for multi-student interactive simulations



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