ActiveEarth is a world time clock with accurate time zone data, current weather conditions, and a blend of NASA's earth images. It includes countdown clocks, analog clocks, and a screen saver to enhance the user experience.
Apart from its timekeeping feature, ActiveEarth also provides up-to-date, global weather conditions and forecasts via AccuWeather. The software's current weather feature allows for it to be displayed on clock faces, city labels, and other sections. With some of the clocks having photo-slideshow abilities, you can have a single, desktop gadget that showcases photos, time, and weather in an elegant fashion.
ActiveEarth is an indispensable time utility as it comes with a feature that allows for graphical time difference between two or more cities, which makes it easy to determine the best time for a conference call with international sales offices. The software calculates astronomical data such as sunrise, sunset, moon-phase, and more, showcasing o these calculations graphically. Additionally, the program's countdown clock feature allows you to countdown to future astronomical events and specify your customized events. The software even has a built-in alarm feature that enables you to play sounds, MP3, or even video clips to celebrate significant milestones.
Finally, ActiveEarth has a screen saver that ties into the main program. Its favorite clocks or countdown events can be displayed, along with your favorite map view, while your PC is idle. The dynamically changing ActiveEarth map can also be set as your desktop background, making it an excellent feature for users. Overall, ActiveEarth is an exceptional software that combines time-tracking, weather forecasting, and graphical features to deliver a complete user-friendly package.
Version 3.1: New zoom features, bug fixes, updated time zone information, price reduction
Version 2.0: Total rewrite