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World Wind on Android

World Wind on Android. Brice Bingman Software Engineer. NASA World Wind Overview. 3D globe displaying geographic data WMS Imagery, KML, Shapefiles , Mil2525, and much more Open Source SDK Free to use Create your own application Uses Java and OpenGL

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World Wind on Android

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  1. World Wind on Android Brice Bingman Software Engineer

  2. NASA World Wind Overview • 3D globe displaying geographic data • WMS Imagery, KML, Shapefiles, Mil2525, and much more • Open Source SDK • Free to use • Create your own application • Uses Java and OpenGL • Supported wherever Java and OpenGL are supported

  3. World Wind on Android • Android uses Dalvik, a scaled down version of Java • Android uses Opengl ES, a scaled down version of Opengl • World Wind and Android are a good fit. History: • Qinetiq creates Qglobe for Android, donates code to NASA • Features WMS imagery, KML, Icon Layers • Disables elevation for performance reasons • Uses OpenGL ES 1.0 • NASA creates World Wind Android • Features WMS imagery and elevation • Not much more functionality • Uses OpenGL ES 2.0 • We want better performance • Dalvik JVM not as fast as it could be. Will likely be improved in future versions of Android • C++ is faster as of now.

  4. Future of World Wind on Android • Long term future, Rewrite code in C++ for better performance and compatibility with iOS and Windows phone. • Some version of C++ and OpenGL ES can be used on most mobile devices. • Likely 2+ years away • Near term future: World Wind Android X • Community supported project to improve and add more features to World Wind Android • NASA providing svn hosting: http://worldwind31.arc.nasa.gov/svnandroid/ • Bridge the gap until a C++ version is available

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