Cosmographia
Chris Laurel

May 15th, 2012

Price: $2.99

Category: Education

Released: May 15, 2012

Version: 1.5.0

Size: 101 MB

Language: English

Seller: Christopher Laurel

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 5.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

Current Version

(23 Ratings)

Cosmographia by Chris Laurel

Cosmographia Screenshots

Description

Immerse yourself in the most realistic and beautiful Solar System simulation available for the iPad.

Cosmographia has been designed with obsessive attention to accuracy and detail. It combines stunning 3D graphics with real data for the positions and appearances of planets, moons, dwarf planets, asteroids and spacecraft. Fly along with the Cassini mission to Saturn, orbit a giant asteroid or watch eclipses on Jupiter. Everything is drawn at full Retina resolution on the new iPad (and standard resolution on older devices.)

Cosmographia includes descriptions and data for all the objects you'll visit, so you have the story behind the visuals. All text is original and customized for Cosmographia, full of links that take you to live 3D views of interesting events and spectacular Solar System vistas.

* Navigate freely throughout the Solar System and change the time to observe past, current, and future events.

* Tap the screen to hide the user interface and enjoy perfectly uncluttered space vistas--like looking out the window of a spaceship.

* Experience interplanetary missions, including Cassini, Voyager 1 & 2, Dawn, and NEAR.

* Track the current positions of the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope. Zoom in on one of these spacecraft and experience what it's like to spacewalk in low Earth orbit.

* High resolution maps for all moons and planets visited by spacecraft.

* Detailed models of asteroids and spacecraft with realistic lighting.

* Introductory price for this first iPad version of Cosmographia.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful App (5 stars)
Cosmographia for iPad gives you a hand held version of the desktop application coupled with an elegant gesture based interface. It's a "must have" application for anyone interested in space!

Beautiful! (5 stars)
Cosmographia is a must for any astronomy addict. The graphics must be seen on a retina display. They are spectacular. Plus, the accuracy and information content are excellent. Get it. Marvel at it. Enjoy it.

Stunning (5 stars)
This is a beautiful 3D exploration of the solar system. It is visually stunning. Tons of information, beautiful graphics, and very interesting. Plus it's intuitive and easy to figure out. Even my 2nd grader had no problem zipping around the different planets. Our whole family has really enjoyed it. Very highly recommend.