Thread: Starmap HD
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Old 06-09-2010, 12:15 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by scottjl View Post
i blew the buck. i prefer starwalk. starmap seems more like a planetarium where starwalk i can stand outside and get information about what i'm looking at. unless i missed something in starmap's interface, which was overwhelming and confusing (to be fair, starwalk is almost as bad, but starmap is worse).

should also note, this $1 version is the regular, non-pro version.
Starwalk is more like a planatarium in my mind. Starmap is a true professional (amateur) tool vs starwalk. Actually using the brightness setting one can set in starmap the magnitude so the sky appears exactly like it does outside. Starwalk I just couldnt get into at all. It has no options and I dont think you can limit magnitudes at all though I could be wrong on it.

Starmaps interface is daunting, but that is because it does soo much.

If you look at http://www.star-map.fr/?features , starmap hd has all the features of the pro version. Here shows some images, but whereas starwalk is beautiful yet somewhat unuseful, starmap is beautiful AND useful. All this is my own opinion of course, but this thing will cost $20 in the future. Here are some review of the iphone versions if you'd like.

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