SOS Explorer 6120-24630
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Publisher Description
SOS Explorer - Explore Earth and Space from anywhere!
SOS Explorer (SOSx) Mobile is a free, flat screen mobile app version of the popular NOAA Science On a Sphere (SOS). This revolutionary software takes SOS datasets, usually only seen on a 6-foot sphere in large museum spaces, and makes them accessible, portable, and interactive anywhere. SOSx Mobile can immerse the user in animated images such as Saturn’s rings, atmospheric storms, climate change, and ocean temperatures to help explain sometimes complex environmental processes in a way that is intuitive, captivating, interactive, and entertaining. A desktop version, called SOS Explorer, is also available.
Features include:
• Streaming, high-resolution datasets
• Educational videos
• User-guided tours
• Analysis tools
• 100+ datasets
• Global and flat map views
Sample datasets:
• Recent Hurricane Seasons
• Bird Migration
• Earthquake Activity
• Snow and Ice
• Ocean Currents
• Historical Tsunamis
• Facebook Friendships
• Air Traffic
• Planets of the Solar System
• Climate Change Models
• 360 Underwater Imagery
• Narrated Movies
• ...and so much more!
What's New
Upgrade to Unity 2021.3: Experience improved performance and visual fidelity thanks to the latest version of the Unity engine.
Initial support for WMTS (Web Map Tile Service) data sets: Enjoy more efficient loading and visualization of high resolution data sets.
Expanded language support: We have added support for Spanish and Chinese languages, making our application more accessible to users worldwide.
Extended device compatibility: We're excited to announce support for Chromebook via the Google Play Store and for newer Samsung devices.
Automatic rotation of the globe and toggle for legends: Enhance your interaction with better controls of how information is presented on the screen.
Improved rendering for real-time satellite positions: Get a more accurate and visually pleasing representation of satellite data.
New video playback library: Enjoy a smoother video playback experience with AVPro 2.0.
Enhancements to analysis tools: Delve deeper into datasets with our improved and more accurate analysis tools.
Improved navigation controls: Explore the world more easily with our refined navigation controls in both globe and map modes.
Transition to UnityWebRequest for content downloading: Experience more efficient and reliable content delivery.
Updated UI for different device display safe zones: We've improved our user interface to respect the display safe zones for various devices.
Known Issues
We acknowledge a few known issues and are actively working towards their resolution:
Tour content display: Tour content may appear stretched on certain devices due to variations in screen aspect ratios.
Help screen timing: On slower devices, the help screen may appear prematurely.
Visual artifacts when unloading data sets: Users may notice temporary visual artifacts when unloading data sets.
Infinite scrolling in map view: Infinite horizontal scrolling is currently disabled in map view.
Average area analysis tool: This is currently disabled while we work on an improved UI experience.
For more information check out the FAQ .
About SOS Explorer
SOS Explorer is a free app for Android published in the Teaching & Training Tools list of apps, part of Education.
The company that develops SOS Explorer is Eric Hackathorn. The latest version released by its developer is 6120-24630.
To install SOS Explorer on your Android device, just click the green Continue To App button above to start the installation process. The app is listed on our website since 2023-12-20 and was downloaded 7 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded app with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the SOS Explorer as malware as malware if the download link to gov.noaa.sosexplorer is broken.
How to install SOS Explorer on your Android device:
- Click on the Continue To App button on our website. This will redirect you to Google Play.
- Once the SOS Explorer is shown in the Google Play listing of your Android device, you can start its download and installation. Tap on the Install button located below the search bar and to the right of the app icon.
- A pop-up window with the permissions required by SOS Explorer will be shown. Click on Accept to continue the process.
- SOS Explorer will be downloaded onto your device, displaying a progress. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.
