Environment Tab
Clouds
Permalink to CloudsIf ‘on’, the latest real-time clouds are displayed over the Earth. If ‘off’, real-time clouds are not displayed on the Earth.
DayNight Lighting
Permalink to DayNight LightingIf this task is ‘on’, day/night lighting appears, where part of the dataset is lit to represent day and other parts are convered in a shadow to represent night time. If ‘off’, the entire dataset is lit up to give a day like appearance.
Stars
Permalink to StarsIf this task is ‘on’, stars are visible in space around the Earth. If ‘off’, the stars are not visible in the space around the Earth.
Sun
Permalink to SunIf this task is ‘on’, the Sun is visible in space (if the Earth is rotated to the correct position). If ‘off’, the Sun is not visible in space.
Earth
Permalink to EarthIf this task is ‘on’, the Earth is shown. If ‘off’, the Earth is not shown.
Set View
Permalink to Set ViewSets the number of visible globes that can be visiable on the desired screen(s) or projection(s), from a ranch of 1 to 4. Also it can show a dataset in a map view (flat).
Set Globe Rotation Rate
Permalink to Set Globe Rotation RateStarts rotating the globe (or multiple globes) at the given rate/speed. Valid rates range from 0.0 to 2.0.
World Border
Permalink to World BorderShows or hides the world borders lines. This includes any political boundaries between nations plus the 50 states border lines with in the United States.