Virtual Atlas of the Moon [freeware]

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Moon map program giving information about interesting features to be seen on any day and detailed photographs of each feature.

Version 3.5

We are happy to present you the new "Pro" version 3.5, last evolution of the Virtual Moon Atlas :

Warning! this new version is resource intensive and requires a powerful computer to use all the function. (a 2GHz processor, 512MB RAM , a graphic card with 64MB RAM and OpenGL support)

SOFTWARE NEW FEATURES:

The database manager "DATLUN" :
EXCLUSIVE : Patrick Chevalley has programmed "DATLUN", a database manager that allows you to select on several criterias, the formations that interest specially you. Featuring a "basic" and an "advanced" mode, explained by an illustrated user's manual, with it you will be able to visualize on the map, for example, all the lunar rilles more than 20 km long, or all the craters with flat floor !

DATABASE UPDATE :
"Historical sites" :
To thank European Space Agency (ESA) for its support to VMA, datas about europeanprobe SMART-1 impact on the Moon have been added in the "Historical sites" database.

NEW PICTURES LIBRARIES :
The new "Apollo Mapping Cameras" pictures library :
The Lunar and Planetary Institute authorized Christian Legrand to extract from the "Apollo Mapping Cameras" pictures put online by the Lunar and Planetary Institute, individual formations pictures and include them in the VMA pictures libraries. These pictures are the more detailed ever obtained from some formations ! With its near 700 pictures, this new unique library can be accessed through the "Configuration / Image" menu as the olders.

The new "Best of Amateurs" pictures library :
Some of the best world lunar imagers have kindly accepted some of their pictures to be included in a special library dedicated to VMA. Compiled by Christian Legrand, this new pictures library contains presently about 400 pictures from Craig Zerbe, Mike Wirths, Wes Higgins, Zac Pujic and Paolo Lazzarotti. Other amateurs will come to add their owns in this library whose pictures are very superior to those of the CLA and sometimes are as good as those of some lunar probes !

Adding these two new libraries permit to VMA users to look at more than 6 000 lunar formations pictures.

HELP NEW FEATURES :
The DATLUN documentation :
Christian Legrand has written a new specific documentation for the database manager "DATLUN" with new screen pictures showing the new possibilities.

NEW DISTRIBUTION MODE :
The VMA "Pro" version 3.5 CD-Rom :
To make this new "Pro" version available for those who don't have wide band dowload possibilities (About 300 Mb with textures and overlays), and even more with the pictures libraries (About 500 Mb), we have realized a CD-Rom including the complete "Pro" version 3.5..

On this basis, Patrick Chevalley has conceived a CD-Rom with an install device for the complete VMA "Pro" version 3.5 (VMA, DATLUN, databases, textures, overlays, LOPAM, Apollo, Probes, "Apollo Mapping" and LAC/LM pictures libraries). Calculate between your needed download time and a backup CD price to see if the CD-Rom purchase is valuable for you or not.

The CD-Rom visuals have been improved compared to the precedent one.

This CD-Rom is available with an E-Mail request and payment by PAYPAL. Its price is 20 € taking account of realization costs and air mail charges. Go to the "How to order the CD-Rom" page for more details.