Earth3D
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 Screenshot of Earth3d running underLinux | |
| Developer(s) | Dominique Andre Gunia |
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| Initial release | August 2004 |
| Stable release | 1.0.5 February 0, 2006
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| Repository | |
| Written in | C++, Java |
| Operating system | Windows2000,XP&Vista,Mac OS X,Linux |
| Available in | english |
| Type | Virtual globe |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www |
Earth3Dwas developed as part of a diploma thesis of Dominique Andre Gunia at Braunschweig University of Technology[1]to display a virtual globe of the earth. It was developed before Google boughtKeyhole, Incand changed their product intoGoogle Earth.Earth3D downloads its data (satellite imagery and height data) from a server while the user navigates around. The data itself is saved in aQuadtree.It uses data fromNASA,USGS,theCIAand the city ofOsnabrück.
One of the strengths of Earth3D is the capacity of showing meteorological phenomena, likeLow-pressure areas,anticyclones,etc. in near-real time.[2]
The original version of Earth3D was developed using Trolltech'sQTframework. Later a version built with Java andJOGLwas developed.[3]But the demand for a Java-based version was very little. This may be because NASA'sWorldWindalso has an open source Java version. So most people wanted to use a C++ based globe in their applications. That was the reason why a minimalized version, the Earth3dlib was developed. It contains only the most necessary functions to display the earth itself and to add own visualizations to it.
All these three projects can be retrieved from SourceForge's CVS (C++) or Subversion (Java) repository.
See also
[edit]- Marble,afree softwareof avirtual globethat allows the user to choose among the Earth, the Moon, Venus, Mars and other planets.
- World Wind,virtual Earth globeopen-sourcedeveloped byNASA.
- OpenStreetMap,collaborative project to create free and editable maps.
- Comparison of web map services
- Neogeography
References
[edit]- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-07-07.Retrieved2011-01-04.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Comparison of Open Source Virtual Globes - ^http://www.cuadernalia.net/spip.php?article4255Archived2011-07-23 at theWayback MachineEarth3D (Visor interactivo 2D, 2.5D y 3D para Andalucía)
- ^http://www.earth3d.org/Welcome to Earth3D
External links
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