satellites
Satellite Images 2.0
A widget that will display an animation of the latest satellite images of North and South America. more>> A widget that will display an animation of the latest satellite images of North and South America.
Satellite Images is a free Dashboard widget that will display an animation of the latest satellite images of North and South America, including the Pacific and North Atlantic oceans.
Users can choose how fast the images rotate, how many images an animation includes and which area will be displayed.
Enhancements
- McGill near Montreal was incorrectly put in Nova Scotia. Fixed.
MacSatellite 1.6.1
MacSatellite is a simple to use, yet sophisticated client of Satellite for Macintosh. more>>
MacSatellite 1.6.1 is a simple to use, yet sophisticated client of Satellite for Macintosh. It already supports file downloads (including resumable download(s)). MacSatellite also allows you to use your previously registered Satellite account or register a new one. To download a song, you have to go to AudioGalaxy site, search for the song and add it to your queue list.

Stellarium 0.8.2
A free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. more>>
A free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
- over 120,000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue with info
- asterisms and illustrations of the constellations
- images of nebulae
- realistic Milky Way
- very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset
- the planets and their satellites
- a powerful zoom
- time control
- multilingual interface
- scripting to record and play your own shows
- fisheye projection for planetarium domes
- spheric mirror projection for your own dome
- many more features
US Weather Plus 4.2
US Weather Plus - Clicking on the map dynamically zooms in, and the map becomes more than twice as large more>>
To choose a map, just flip to the back to choose a location--from the Northeast to the Southwest, and everything in between, plus additional maps covering the entire globe and every continent. Then, choose any of the regional maps either on the back or the front of the widget, whichever is most convenient.
Maps include: Doppler, Current Weather, Visible and Infrared Satellite, Forecasts, Severe Weather, and even more. Clicking on the map dynamically zooms in, and the map becomes more than twice as large! Click again and it shrinks back into place.
Enhancements:
- This version addresses map image issues for users of OSX 10.4.4.
Night Lights 1.0
Night Lights is a Screen Saver that displays a rotating image of the Earth showing night time urban illumination more>>
Originally designed to view clouds by moonlight, the OLS is also used to map the locations of permanent lights on the Earths surface.
US Weather 2.0
US Weather offers a flexible program which makes it possible to view weather maps across the US including AK and HI in Dashboard. more>>
US Weather 2.0 offers a flexible program which makes it possible to view weather maps across the US including AK and HI in Dashboard. Maps included for Doppler, Current Weather, Visible and Infrared Satellite, Dew Points, Current Temps, Wind Speeds, Heat Index, Wind Chill, Snow Forecast, Severe Weather, Soil Moisture, and Thunderstorm Forecast. Additionally, they are now organized by region.
Requirements: Mac OS X

StarLightXM 7.0.0.4b
StarLightXM is considered to be a new breed of Sirius Radio for the Mac, which has album art, an awesome user interface. more>>
StarLightXM 7.0.0.4b is considered to be a new breed of Sirius Radio for the Mac, which has album art, an awesome user interface. See NiceMac.com for more details. StarPlayr 3.0 for Mac will return Summer 2009
- Network Check at startup (waits up to 60 seconds for network to be ready if it isnt ready) StarLightXM should now work from a cold restart and login at startup correctly.
- Secure Login (your personal info is safe)
- Optimized code
- Universal Build for Tiger and Leopard
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
- Subscription to Sirius Satellite Radio or SIR (Sirius Internet Radio).

Canadian Radar, Forecast Models And Satellite Images 2.1
Canadian Radar, Forecast Models And Satellite Images is a beneficial and easy-to-use widget which displays an animation of the latest satellite images of North and South america, including the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. more>>
Canadian Radar, Forecast Models And Satellite Images 2.1 is a beneficial and easy-to-use widget which displays an animation of the latest satellite images of North and South america, including the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Separately, all radar coverage for Canada can also be viewed as an animation, including multi-province zones such as the Pacific or Maritimes. 6-hour models for the Upper atmosphere air circulation are also made available. Users can choose how fast the images rotate, how many images an animation includes and which area will be displayed. The size of the displayed image is also adjustable.
Enhancements:
- Version 2.1: Upper air, preliminary and complete forecast animations added (6-hour runs)
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Solar Viewer 1.0
The Solar Viewer widget allows you to see near-realtime images of the sun on your computer desktop more>>
More information as well as links to full-sized versions of solar images are provided. This widget was developed by Ideum (www.ideum.com) for NASAs Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum.
TerraVista 0.4.5
TerraVista - Day/night cycle of the earth with real-time clouds more>>
It uses textures made from satellite images for the day and the nightside to make it look realistic and the newest release also downloads real-time cloud cover images from the internet for an even more realistic experience.
The view location (i.e. the angle from which the earth is seen) can be customized either using a preferences dialog or by command-dragging the earth.
The floating window which displays the earth can also be made translucent and the brightness of the nightside can be changed.
SymmetricDS 1.6.3
Platform-independent, web-enabled, and database-agnostic data synchronization/replication solution more>> Platform-independent, web-enabled, and database-agnostic data synchronization/replication solution
SymmetricDS is web-enabled, database independent, data synchronization/replication software. It uses web and database technologies to replicate tables between relational databases in near real time.
The software was designed to scale for a large number of databases, work across low-bandwidth connections, and withstand periods of network outage.
By using database triggers, SymmetricDS guarantees that data changes are captured and atomicity is preserved.
Support for database vendors is provided through a Database Dialect layer, with implementations for MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, HSQLDB, Oracle, and Apache Derby included.
Synchronization can be configured to push data (trickle-back) or pull data (trickle-poll) at an interval. SymmetricDS allows for 2-tier and even n-tier synchronization, such as the following:
- A farm of web server nodes fronting an enterprise-class general office database
- A handful of regional servers for synchronizing from the general office to remote geographical areas
- 1000(s) of store server nodes using a departmental class database to sync with a regional node
- 10(s) of Point of Sale (POS) register nodes using an embedded database to sync with a store server
Deployment options include the following:
- Web application archive (WAR) deployed to an application server such as Tomcat, Jetty, or JBoss
- Standalone service
- Embedded in an application
Main features:
- Data Channels - Table synchronizations are grouped into independent channels
- Guaranteed Delivery - Synchronized data is guaranteed to arrive at the target destination. If a synchronization fails, the same batch of data will be retried until it succeeds or manual intervention is taken. All other data synchronization is halted for the failed channel only.
- Transaction Aware - Data updates are recorded and replayed with the same atomicity
- Centralized Configuration - All configuration is downloaded from a central registration server
- Multiple Deployment Options - Standalone engine, web application, embedded software component
- Data Filtering and Rerouting - Allows for localized passwords and sensitive data filtering/routing
- HTTP Transport - Pluggable transport defaults to Representation State Transfer (REST-style) HTTP services
- Payload Compression - Optionally compresses data on transport
- Notification Schemes - Push (trickle-back data) or Pull (trickle-poll data) changes
- Symmetric Data Protocol - A fast streaming data format that is easy to generate, parse, and load
- Plug-In API - Add customizations through extensions and plug-in points
- Two-Way Table Synchronization - The same table can be synchronized both to and from the host system while avoiding update loops
- Database Versioning - Specify data synchronization by version of target database
- Auto Database Creation - Optionally allow creating and upgrading of database schema
- Embeddable - Small enough to embed or bootstrap within another application (i.e. a POS application)
- Multiple Schemas - Supports multiple database schemas naturally through the existence of Data Channels
- Primary Key Updates - Captures the "before" and "after" data being changed, allowing updates to primary key data
- Remote Management - Administration through a Java Management Extensions (JMX) console
- Remote Database Administration - SQL can be delivered and run at remote databases via the synchronization infrastructure
- Initial Data Load - Prepare the satellite database with an initial or recovery load of data
Exploring the States 2.0
Exploring the States is a popular and fun way to memorize and test your knowledge on state names and capitals more>>
The satellite images are also used to instruct students on area of estimation. The estimation exercises consist of calculating area and population numbers. A final section is used to teach childre to answer questions using compass positions.
AccuWeather.com Widget 1.0
AccuWeather.com Widget includes hourly details and radar or satellite maps for just about every location around the world more>>

PhotoStickies 5.6.1
Stick images, view live Web cams on your Desktop. more>>
Puts all your favorite pictures on your desktop, as stickies, floating or even borderless. Sticky pictures may reside on your computer, or on the Internet. It displays live Web cams on your desktop, updates them automatically, and even records them like a VCR.
What you can do with PhotoStickies:
- Watch your favorite Webcams right on your desktop, keep an eye on the traffic or a weather cam.
- Place your children, on your desktop, your house, your boat, or your nuclear satellite.
- Use live Web cams as your living desktop picture, such as the Eiffel Tower or New York City, 5th Avenue.
Features at a Glance:
- Displays all image formats supported by Mac OS X
- Displays local images, pictures located on the Web or web cams
- Shows images as stickies or as desktop wallpaper
- Many live effects, e.g. alpha channels, transparency, color corrections
- Saveable states
- Internet-based list of new web cams
- Can run as a menu extra
3D Weather Globe & Atlas 1.1.2
3D Weather Globe & Atlas is known as a very versatile and useful tool for all users. more>>
3D Weather Globe & Atlas 1.1.2 is known as a very versatile and useful tool for all users.
Major Features:
- Political highlights: Country borders, state and province boundaries, and location names appear on the globe or flat map as soon as you position your pointer on them.
- NASA satellite maps: Made from NASA satellite photos, the highest resolution maps of the entire planet -- one pixel to a kilometer -- show how the Earth really looks from outer space. Zoom in to see the extraordinary details of the Earth's surface.
- 40,000+ locations: Pinpoint any location from more than 40 thousand worldwide. For all these places you can download current weather and forecast data and calculate the distances between them. And you can find exact latitude and longitude coordinates on the map too!
- Time zones: See different time zones across the world. Find out how many time zones there are in Russia or what countries make up that GMT+2 time zone.
- Apple Store locations: With a single click you can see the locations of all retail Apple Stores worldwide, marked by a special apple symbol. Click "More info..." to get contact information from any store's webpage.