$Id: README.txt 13145 2010-02-17 03:55:11Z dcollins $

To run the basic demo on Mac OS X or Linux while in the release directory: chmod +x run-demo.bash ./run-demo.bash gov.nasa.worldwind.examples.ApplicationTemplate or on Windows run-demo.bat gov.nasa.worldwind.examples.ApplicationTemplate

Your computer must have a modern graphics card with an up-to-date driver. The source of most getting-up-and-running problems is an out-of-date graphics driver. To get an updated driver, visit your graphics card manufacturer's web site. This will most likely be either NVIDIA, ATI or Intel. The drivers are typically under a link named "Downloads" or "Support". If your computer is a laptop, then updated drivers are probably at the laptop manufacturer's web site rather than the graphics card manufacturer's.

Changes from WWJ SDK 0.5 to 0.6 early access - March 6, 2009

• New Airspace shapes and volumes, terrain conformant. See render.airspaces package and examples.Airspaces and AirspaceBuilder

• New rubber sheet images. See util.ImageUtil and examples.RubberSheetImage

• New measure tools. See util.measure package and examples.MeasureToolUsage

• New 'on-screen display' layers: ViewControlsLayer, LayerManagerLayer and StatusLayer

• New ContourLine renderable primitive. See examples.ContourLines

• New Web Service Catalog support. See applications.gio

• Data import and installation:

  • Local imagery and elevation import into WWJ cache format - see data.TiledImageProducer and data.TiledElevationProducer
  • Reading, writing, and discovery of file descriptors for WWJ cache format - see cache.FileStore and data.DataDescriptor
  • Discovery and conversion of WWJ.Net cache format - see data.WWDotNetDataLayerSetReader and data.WWDotNetLayerSetInstaller

• New DDS compressor with support for mipmaps - see formats.dds.DDSCompressor

• Icon layer and renderer allow to use absolute elevations, apply horizon and view clipping

• Applet package updated for Sun Next Generation Java plugin support

• Conpound and local elevation models. See terrain package

• FlatWorld example updated with round/flat globe switching code

• Track markers updated - see render.markers package, layers.MarkerLayer and examples.MarkersOrder

• PlacenameLayer updated - see layers.placename package and examples.Placenames

• TerrainProfileLayer new 'follow path' mode - see examples.MeasureToolUsage

• Terrain intersection test for Line and elevation. See terrain.SectorGeometryList and render.ContourLine

• On-screen layers display location offset - see layers.Compass, WorldMap, Scalebar...

• New format support: tab, tiff and world file - see format package

• Tiled image layers alpha blending fixed and mipmap support.

• New examples.util package - browser launcher, audio and slides players, image viewer...

• Data driven navigation sensitivity settings - see awt.ViewInputAttributes.

• Redesigned OrbitViewInputBroker as ViewInputHandler - see awt.ViewInputHandler. Improved navigation near the terrain, and made it easier for applications to extend or modify the navigation behavior.

• Sharper image-based surface shapes. Experimental geometry based surface shapes.

• Experimental hybrid tessellator to better handle the poles.

• Improved WMS server

• Image transformation and reprojection utilities. See util.ImageUtil.

• New Ant build structure.

• Collision detection demo.

• New network status host available/unavailable events.

• Added a pre-render stage to the system, and implemented classes to create textures by drawing to the frame buffer or an FBO, most typically during the pre-render stage.

• Refactoring

  • Position is now a LatLon subclass

• On hold

• Fog layer produces artifacts with the new tiled image layer premultiplied alpha blending and has been removed

• Remote surface images are being reworked into a more generic scheme

Change Summary for 0.4 to 0.5:

• Includes a WMS server.

• Major changes to the view code - the eye can now go very close to the ground, and underwater. New interface methods.

• New Restorable interface to save and restore objects state to/from an xml document. Implemented in UserFacingIcons, Annotations, Polyline, View...

• Flat Worlds with projection switching are now usable.

• Mars and Moon globes with elevations and full layersets from NASA servers.

• MGRS, UTM and TM coordinates classes and converters in geom.coords

• Tiled image layers will not wait for lower res tiles to load before showing the needed ones.

• New layers:

  • NAIPCalifornia.
  • BMNGWMSLayer gives access to any of the 12 BMNG 2004 layers.
  • OpenStreeMapLayer.
  • MGRSGraticuleLayer and UTMGraticuleLayer.
  • CrosshairLayer.

• All non Earth specific layers have been moved from layers.Earth to layers: CrosshairLayer, FogLayer, ScalebarLayer, SkyColorLayer, SkyGradientLayer, StarsLayer, TerrainProfileLayer and WorldMapLayer.

• StatusBar moved from examples to util.

• New GeographicText support - used for placenames.

• More accurate scalebar.

• Increased performance for Polyline.

• Icons can have a background image.

• WWJApplet example updated with new capabilities.

• Build script completly revised.

• SurfaceImage from an http source.

• Zoom with middle mouse button down and drag up/down.

• AlwaysOnTop property for icons and annotations.

• New Mipmap flag for TiledImageLayer

• Better TiledImageLayer image capture and composition.

• Enhanced NITFS/RPF support.

• Better gps tracks support

• New examples: AlarmIcons, BMNGTwelveMonth, FlatWorldEarthquakes, MGRSGraticule, RemoteSurfaceImage, ViewLookAround, Mars, Moon...

• Also includes an application for Search And Rescue support.

• Many other bug fixes and changes...