World Wind Java
The original recipe for World Wind was restricted to Windows, relying on the .NET libraries and DirectX. A new SDK version of World Wind has been developed in Java with JOGL referred to as World Wind Java. The latest Java-based version (1.4), was released in July 2012.
This new version has an API-centric architecture with functionalities 'off-loaded' to modular components, leaving the API at the core. This makes World Wind itself a plugin so that it can be used as interchangeably as possible (for example via Python). This refactoring exercise allows World Wind to be accessed via a browser as a Java Applet. A preview of the World Wind Java SDK was released on May 11, 2007 during Sun Microsystem's annual JavaOne conference.
Since WWj is an SDK there is no single application, instead there are any number of apps using WWj, each with different functionalities, created by government agencies and commercial developers from around the world. These applications include simple virtual globe viewers, satellite tracker, GIS platforms, photo editor, F-16 simulator, mission planning software and many more.
Read more about this topic: NASA World Wind
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