Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services
May 14, 2007 7 Comments
Steve says it all via IM:
its all about geoserver, postgis, WWJ, and openlayers
He’s probably right. Between that combination and SQL Server 2008 + VE, we have to very impressive platforms for those who want to program in Java or .NET.
May 11, 2007 2 Comments
Thanks to all who emailed me, the WWJ SDK is now available again.
May 11, 2007 1 Comment
From the WW Java SDK page:
Due to technical issues, the World Wind SDK will be released on May 11th.
As I said in the previous post, probably best to just stay away until they get this one pushed out “officially” for the second time.
May 10, 2007 10 Comments
You have to wonder what is going on with NASA. They had updated their page to allow downloading of the SDK and then they pull back and post this:
The Java SDK will be available by the end of today. (May 10)
Um guys, the cat is already out of the bag now. Anyone feel free to download a copy of the SDK right here.
NASA World Wind Java 0.2.0 release
Update – Trust me, you probably don’t want to download it right now, I can’t get all the tiles to load and even then it is so slow. Probably why they pulled it.
May 10, 2007 2 Comments
Finally!
All you Java programmers, get your browser warmed up because the World Wind Java SDK is finally available. Remember NASA is only releasing the SDK, if you want a Java virtual globe, you have to build your own or try one of the demonstrations people have created.
May 10, 2007 5 Comments
The Java SDK for World Wind was supposed to be released over an hour ago. And what do you know, typical government bureaucracy, they miss the deadline.
The Java SDK will be available prior to Tom Gaskins’ technical session.
May 10
10:55 AM – 11:55 AM
Hall E 135 (TS-3489)
3-D Earth Visualization with
NASA World Wind
January 16, 2007 5 Comments
Chad pointed me to the Worldwind-dev Email list (I had unsubscribed because not much was happening) thread where it appears that ESRI is interested in collaborating with Worldwind. Patrick Hogan put it very well:
Whoever accomplished this would certainly be deserving of world class notoriety. “This” would be getting the ESRI tools successfully implemented. I believe this is possible through ESRI output to formats that World Wind could pick up. The tighter the integration the better. But it does have ESRI support.
Now there are no details whatsoever as to what this “integration” might be as no one has even though about how it should work. It is easy to put the cart in front of the horse here because generally ESRI culture subscribes to “not invented here”. It will be interesting to see what happens here, but it might take a long time if it happens at all.
January 10, 2007 Leave a Comment
Chad and I have been wondering the same thing. How will this new deal with GlobeXplorer impact NASA World Wind (and other applications).
Now, I am just wondering if this is going to have any affect on World Wind users viewing VE imagery. Will Digital Globe honor the deals that Microsoft has made or will the same line that Google pulls be suddenly used by Microsoft?
Microsoft have been very open with people using their imagery, compared to Google and their deal with DigitalGlobe. One has to wonder though will this deal change things and how will DigitalGlobe impact Microsoft.
January 6, 2007 Leave a Comment
Go ahead and grab what might be the last release candidate before World Wind 1.4 goes final. Daniel Baker created a “What’s new in 1.4” so you can see all the new features and eye candy that NASA World Wind 1.4 has in store.
Chad says NASA World Wind 1.3.6 has been indefinitely delayed. The result is that if you want to use the latest WW features, you’ll have to take the plunge and upgrade to .NET 2.0. I suspect those who can’t go that route will just use WW Java.
January 3, 2007 Leave a Comment
Chad has some details over at his blog. I’m still waiting to get my hands on it, but it looks like I’ll have to wait a little bit longer.
