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Don't mean to hijack, but if you're interested in 3D globes (and 2D projections), NASA has been working on porting World Wind to Web: https://github.com/NASAWo
by zgengr 10y ago
Don't mean to hijack, but if you're interested in 3D globes (and 2D projections), NASA has been working on porting World Wind to Web:
https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind
and
http://webworldwind.org http://webworldwind.org
The power of WebGL is awesome!
- benten10 10y agoThat's amazing! And is all the imagery in public domain? Edit: I see 'bing', so maybe not. Also, if anyone related to the project is looking, the elevation model is extremely noisy and likely broken, so wrapping the imagery around DEM might need to uhh be looked at.
- zgengr 10y agoThere is a mix of imagery in the public domain and available through commercial providers. You can even specify your own WMS source! Interesting note on the elevation model, if you've got a second, can you open an issue on the github site with a screenshot of what you are seeing?
- aardshark 10y agoI feel like the UI in this would benefit from an arcball-style rotation with some momentum from drag gestures. Like this: https://www.webglearth.com https://www.webglearth.com
- zgengr 10y agoNavigation/Rotation is inherited from the original Java based World Wind in an effort to provided similarity to users wishing to change platforms. A little different from the arcball-style, I agree, but at least there is a reason :) There are plans to add momentum gestures to our Android platform (https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WorldWindAndroid https://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WorldWindAndroid). Perhaps it should be added to the Web version as well?
- osxrand 10y agoI like the momentum, but on mobile (iPad) each move is a new place in my back history.
- pekk 10y agoIt isn't really fair to posters of a neat open source project for the top reply to be a hijack pointing people at a competing project, even if it does say "don't mean to hijack."
- zgengr 10y agoI totally agree and Cesium is a really cool project and I encourage people to check it out (the number of interesting applications they showcase is really impressive). Just proud of what our team has come up with and wanted to share.
- dalke 10y agoThat sounds like a ShowHN would be a better fit than a comment.
- formula1 10y agoI disagree, more exposure is good