===== VMA download page =====
**Dowload news are about :**
* Software update to the last version
* The new complete "Pro"5.0 version with new display module "ATLUN" (c), databases manager "DATLUN" (c) and pictures manager "PHOTLUN" (c)
* PocketLun, Pocket PC version now freely downloadable
* New high definition textures and dynamic shadows.
* New "Volcanic domes" database
* New pictures libraries "Kaguya" and "Consolidated Lunar Atlas"
These new items are red colored.
All the files have been put together in several packages for making transferts easier, and for permetting everyone to download only requested elements. The only mandatory element is one of the "Packs".
Pre-requested :
* Graphic card better than Nvidia 8400 or ATI 3450.
* Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
* Mac OS X with version 10.4 Tiger or higher with an Intel processor.
* Linux with Gtk2 and OpenGL acceleration.
==== PACKS ====
^"Pro 5"software |||
|**New!**\\ \\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/vmapro5.exe?download|Windows]]\\ \\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/vmapro5.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ \\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/vmapro5.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/Readme.linux.txt?download|Instruction]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/vmapro_install.sh?download|Installer]] |90 MB\\ december 22 2009 | **The new "Pro" 5.0 software version:**\\ Open GL software with "real 3D lunar globe", "Phases and librations display, "Goto mounts driving, Double windows display, scientific overlays display, "DATLUN" (c) databases manager, "PHOTLUN" (c) pictures manager. Needs a powerful hardware configuration.\\ - "Airbrush with and without albedo" textures" and "Clementine" photographic texture with 1000 m resolution\\ - Databases "Named formations of Nearside and Farside",\\ "Indiced formations of Nearside and Farside",\\ "Historical sites", "Pyroclastic deposits" and "Volcanic domes" included.\\ - 34 scientific overlays\\ English and French with pictured documentations.\\ This pack can be completed with :\\ - Others languages translations\\ - All pictures libraries\\ - Very high resolution textures\\ Note : If you want to support our action, you can also obtain a more complete version on CD-Rom, including pictures libraries and all the textures (650 MB of data).\\ Please, consult the page [[order|"Order the CD-Rom"]] |
^PocketLun |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/pocketlun_1.zip?download|PocketPC]] | 113 MB | **The Pocket PC version of VMA :**\\ "2D lunar globe" with Nearside Farside and phases display,\\ - Audio comments on formations can be recorded - Databases "Named formations of Nearside and Farside",\\ "LOPAM" pictures library |
^Beta Version |||
|[[http://www.ap-i.net/avl/snapshot/|Beta 5.1]]| | You must install this beta version in case of problem.\\ It is always require to install one of the above software pack first.\\ This beta version do not include any new function but it correct [[http://www.ap-i.net/mantis/roadmap_page.php?project_id=2|this bugs]]. |
==== TRANSLATION ====
^Translations |||
|[[translation|Languages]] |Translations in other languages than English and French. |
==== TEXTURES ====
^High resolution Clementine photographic textures |||
|**New!**\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/texture_clementine.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/TexturesClementine.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/TexturesClementine.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ |125 MB\\ December 23 2009 |Photographic texture covering complete lunar globe realized from Clementine probe data (Copyright"USGS / Astrogeology". Resolution : 250 m. Can complete the Pro 5 version.|
^High resolution Lunar Orbiter photographic texture |||
|**New!**\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/texture_lopam.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/TexturesLopam.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/TexturesLopam.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ |166 MB\\ December 23 2009 | Very high resolution photographic texture with shadowed relief realized from Lunar Orbiters data. Resolution : 250 m. |
^Aibrush without albedo texture |||
|**New!**\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/texture_airbrush_no_albedo.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/TexturesAirbrush_no_albedo.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/TexturesAirbrush_na.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ |40 MB\\ December 23 2009 | Topographic map drawn with airbrush and without albedo hues. Ideal texture for using with scientific overlays. Resolution : 500 m. |
^Kaguya dynamic shadows |||
|**New!**\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/bumpmap_kaguya.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/BumpmapKaguya.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/BumpmapKaguya.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ |23 MB\\ December 23 2009 | Dynamic shadows on terminator based on digital elevation model (DEM) provided by JAXA and realized with Kaguya probe data. It permits a very realistic terminator display (See "Screen copies" page). |
==== PICTURES LIBRARIES ====
^BEST OF AMATEURS |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_bestofamateurs.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureBestOfAmateurs.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureBestOfAmateurs.tgz?download|Linux]] |27 MB\\ May 15 2008 |Includes 3 pictures libraries with some best amateur formation pictures.\\ - Nearside formations pictures by Paolo Lazzarotti, (Thanks to him !)\\ - Nearside formations pictures by Wes Higgins (Thanks to him !)\\ - Nearside formations pictures by Zac Pujic, Mike Wirths and Craig Zerbe (Thanks to them !) |
^LUNAR ORBITER PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE MOON ( LOPAM ) |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_lopam.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureLopam.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureLopam.tgz?download|Linux]] |25 MB\\ May 15 2008 |Contains more than 1000 pictures extracted from LOPAM and taken by Lunar Orbiter 4 probe. Details to 300 m / pixel.\\ New version destripped using Niels Noordhoek routine (Thanks to him !) |
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_lunastars.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureLunaStars.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureLunaStars.tgz?download|Linux]] |5.1 MB\\ October 25 2003 |Pictures extracted from LOPAM and taken by Lunar Orbiter 4 probe. Details to 300 m / pixel.\\ 130 pictures of the most famous lunar formations.\\ The pictures library for those who don't want to download more ! |
^APOLLO MAPPING CAMERAS |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_apollomapping.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureApolloMapping.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureApolloMapping.tgz?download|Linux]] |40 MB\\ November 6 2006 |"Apollo Mapping Cameras" pictures from missions Apollo 15,16 & 17 put online by Lunar and Planetary Institute |
^LUNAR ASTRONAUTICAL CHARTS & LUNAR MAPS |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_lac_lm.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureLAC_LM.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureLAC_LM.tgz?download|Linux ]] |62 MB\\ October 25 2005 |Nearside formations pictures extracted from "Lunar Astronautical Charts" and "Lunar Maps" put online by the Lunar and Planetary Institute |
^CONSOLIDATED LUNAR ATLAS |||
|**New!**\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_cla.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureCLA.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureCLA.tgz?download|Linux ]] |85 MB\\ December 23 2009 |Nearside formations pictures extracted from "Consolidated Lunar Atlas" put online by the Lunar and Planetary Institute |
^APOLLO MISSIONS |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_apollo.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureApollo.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureApollo.tgz?download|Linux]] |9.5 MB\\ October 31 2002 |APOLLO pictures of Nearside taken from orbit by Apollo 8, 10, 11, 12 ,13 ,14 ,15 ,16 and 17 missions from 1968 to 1972. They show formations with angular views different from the view from earth. |
^LUNA, RANGER, LUNAR ORBITER 1,2,3,5 and SURVEYOR PROBES |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_probes.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureProbes.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureProbes.tgz?download|Linux]] |5 MB\\ April 14 2003 |Nearside formations pictures taken by american and soviet probes :\\ - Ranger 8 and 9\\ - Surveyor 1,3,5,6 and 7\\ - Lunar Orbiter 1,2,3 and 5\\ - Luna 9,13,17 and 21\\ - Probes pictures|
^CLEMENTINE Probe |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_clementine.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureClementine.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureClementine.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ |4.2 MB\\ April 14 2003 |Formations pictures taken by Clementine american probe :\\ Different from LOPAM pictures, These new photos have been taken with a solar vertical lighting and show albedo variations in formations. 100 m/pixel details in some of them. (Formations whose official name begins with A and B)\\ Note : This library will not be completed in the future because of the availability of the high resolution "Photographic Clementine" texture (500 m). See above.. |
^KAGUYA PROBE |||
|**New!**\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/picture_kaguya.exe?download|Windows]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureKaguya.dmg?download|Mac]]\\ [[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/PictureKaguya.tgz?download|Linux]]\\ |15 MB\\ December 23 2009 | Pictures taken by japanese probe KAGUYA and put online by JAXA agency, 160 new pictures of main Nearside formations taken with a low angle. |
==== Older versions ====
^Software |||
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/avllight35c.exe?download|Virtual Moon Atlas "Light" 3.5c]] |6.2 MB\\ May 28 2008 |2D software with Nearside and Farside, without libration display only for limited hardware without OpenGL support and including :\\ - Basic airbrush texture 2D mean resolution"\\ - "Geologic map / Nearside"\\ - "Named formations" Nearside and Farside databases".\\ - Documentation.\\ English and French versions.|
|[[http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualmoon/avlsetup35c.exe?download|Virtual Moon Atlas "Expert" version 3.5c]]|14 MB\\ May 28 2008 | Open GL software with complete "Virtual lunar globe in 3D" with "Goto" mounts driving, for mean hardware.\\ - "Photographic texture on complete globe" mean resolution (2000m)"\\ - "Named formations" Nearside and Farside databases",\\ "Indiced formations " and "Historical sites" databases included.\\ English and French versions with pictures documentation.|
==== Installation problems ====
**OpenGL problems:**
Please read the Tutorial first! [[tutorial|Tutorial]]!
If the program crash at startup with a variety of error message try one of the following :
* Disable the video card hardware acceleration in the Windows Display Property.
* Update your video card driver from the card manufacturer web page ( ATI, NVIDIA, INTEL ). This is specialy important with Vista as the first available drivers are of poor quality.[[http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html|ATI]], [[http://nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp|NVIDIA]], [[http://downloadfinder.intel.com/|INTEL]] ).
* Use the "Light" version of the program.
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