James Fee GIS Blog

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.

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Thanks to all who emailed me, the WWJ SDK is now available again.
World Wind JAVA SDK Page

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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.

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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 [...]

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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.

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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

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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.

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I never got to post it, but NASA Worldwind 1.4RC was released on December 23rd. I think Chad has been bugging me to post about it for a couple of days, but I’ve been kind of oblivious to his proding.
Since we all love to know what is new, here is the [...]

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Chad writes that World Wind 1.4 RC1 is now available to those who enjoy living on the edge.
There is a non-installer version of World Wind 1.4 RC1 ready for testing and bug finding. Download and install directions can be found on this wiki page.
If you find any bugs PLEASE post them on the wiki page [...]

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Chad Zimmerman has posted some wonderful screenshots of NASA World Wind 1.4. Go over to Chad’s blog and take a look.

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I’ve gotten this question from a couple of people (mostly probably because they want to see me say Google Earth Killer).
Lets get this out there right now. ArcGIS Explorer (AGX) isn’t ESRI’s answer to Google Earth. The reasons for AGX are tied very closely with ArcGIS Server (AGS). AGS needed a client [...]

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Chad Zimmerman pointed me to the new release of Dapple. I have to say, I am impressed. Here Geosoft took the open source code of NASA World Wind and modified it to better meet the needs of their users. I mean you could create your own Geographic Exploration System (GES) from scratch, [...]

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I finally found a wiki page with some info on the 1.3.4 beta. I’m not sure why this isn’t linked on the front page of the World Wind Central community portal. I want to find some time to play around with using World Wind with shapefiles and see how well it works as [...]

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Yea its been out a couple of days but it is news to me. You can now download the new 1.3.4 Beta from NASA’s servers. I don’t see a change log, but I’m sure there is one somewhere.
Tell me now, which looks better? Google Earth or NASA World Wind?
Google Earth

NASA World Wind

Yea, [...]

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I’ve been getting a couple of people saying I don’t blog about NASA World Wind. Well you are wrong, I did have one post back in July ‘05. *cough*
Anyway, since I did get an email from a WorldWind fan about this new VirtualEarth plug-in for World Wind I’ll go ahead and [...]

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Link: Wayne Graham’s Blog: World Wind.
Boy talk about bad timing.  NASA’s World Wind is pretty much the same type of application as ArcGlobe or Google Earth, but unlike either of those two, it is open source.  Right away you notice one feature that Google Earth does not have is Web Mapping Server (WMS) support.  In [...]

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