in partnership with the European Space Agency
Web WorldWind
3D virtual globe API for JavaScript, developed by NASA in partnership with ESA. Provides a geographic context, complete with terrain, for visualizing geographic or geo-located information in 3D and 2D. Web WorldWind provides high-resolution terrain and imagery, retrieved from remote servers automatically as needed. Developers can provide custom terrain and imagery. Provides a collection of shapes for displaying and interacting with geographic data and representing a range of geometric objects.
- worldwind.arc.nasa.gov has setup instructions, developers guides, API documentation and more
- Forum provides help from the WorldWind community
- WebStorm is used by the NASA WorldWind development team
Get Started
The Web WorldWind Developer's Guide has a complete description of Web WorldWind's functionality. You'll also find there links to many Web WorldWind resources, including a user guide. The latest Web WorldWind release provides many simple examples showing how to use all of Web WorldWind's functionality.
Building
Install NodeJS. The build is known to work with v6.9.2 (LTS).
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npm install
downloads WorldWind's dependencies -
npm run build
builds everything -
npm run doc
generates the WorldWind API documentation -
npm run test
runs WorldWind's unit tests -
npm run test:watch
automatically runs WorldWind's unit tests when source code changes
License
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.