1. NASA World Wind for Java
API Overview
Fabrizio Giudici
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2. Basic classes
Configuration
How to set up things
WorldWindowGLCanvas
The components that renders the scene
Model
What we are going to render
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3. Basic classes
Layer(s)
Stacked sets of rendered objects
View, OrbitView
The coordinates and other attributes of the view
point
SceneController
The controller
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4. Standard Layers
USGSUrbanAreaOrtho
Stars
CountryBoundaries
Fog
EarthNASAPlaceName
SkyGradient
ScaleBar
BMNGSurface
WorldMap
LandsatI3
Compass
USGSDigitalOrtho
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5. The demos
ViewIteration SurfaceImages
GlobalGridAboveSurface TexturedSurfaceShape
Shapes Tracks
DraggingShapes AnaglyphStereo
run-demo.bash demo_name
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6. ViewIteration
Goes to a specific location applying a smooth
transition
OrbitView
ScheduledOrbitViewStateIterator
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7. GlobalGridAboveSurface
Draws a grid over the surface
RenderableLayer
PolyLine
color
numSegments
followTerrain
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8. Shapes
Sticks and renders many different shapes at
given coordinates
RenderableLayer
SurfaceSector, SurfaceEllipse, SurfaceSquare,
SurfaceCircle, SurfaceQuad, Quadrilateral,
SurfacePolygon, PolyLine
IconLayer
WWIcon, UserFacingIcon
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9. DraggingShapes
Surface shapes can be selected and dragged
SelectListener
SelectEvent.HOVER
SelectEvent.ROLLOVER
SelectEvent.DRAG
SelectEvent.DRAG_END
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10. SurfaceImages
Paints a given image over the surface
RenderableLayer
SurfaceImage
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11. TexturedSurfaceShape
Paints a shape with a given texture over the
surface
RenderableLayer
SurfaceSector
TexturePaint
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12. Tracks
Renders a track with waypoints
TrackMarkerLayer
Track
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13. Anaglyph Stereo
Renders a 3D view that can be viewer with 3D
glasses
Configuration
AnaglyphSceneController
setDisplayMode(...)
setFocusAngle(...)
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