NASA World Wind JavaSDKDigital earth client development
Xiaolu Li · Cehui kexue · 2009
NASA World Wind is open-source geographical software launched by the United States Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA),it is a 3D visualization of virtual globe,is the most popular digital terrestrial platform,and because the data are completely free to use,so its application is worth of being researched.World Wind JavaSDK is also open source software,and it is the development tools.In this paper,the World Wind Java SDK package and class,how to create World Wind Java application framework,the API function and the structure are detailed explained.Applet and Java Web Start the two deployment ways are introduced and demonstrated.By taking full advantage of World Wind data,we can develop our own GIS platforms,and achieve the complete and deep use of the World Wind data.