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Date: | 2005-05-17 (10:49) |
From: | Frédéric_Gava <gava@u...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Port of World wind |
Hi, it is a great project and it could also benefict of parallelism as in http://netjuggler.sourceforge.net/ Frédéric Gava ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christophe TROESTLER" <debian00@tiscali.be> To: "O'Caml Mailing List" <caml-list@inria.fr> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [Caml-list] Port of World wind > Hi, > > Maybe some of you know the World Wind (WW) project: > > http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ > > It is really a nice application, both visually and from an educational > perspective. However, it has been written in c# and DirectX, so is > not available on Unix or MacOSX. Some port discussions have been > taking place, but so far nothing concrete has seen the light. So, if > some people on this list are in search of a great projet, I think that > would fit and would also help popularizing OCaml! The project is also > technically interesting as it mixes OpenGL, XML, networks,... > > The usual "help" links given are: > http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Main_Page > http://issues.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/secure/Dashboard.jspa > http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Mac_and_Linux_Port_Collaboration > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=69528 > > However, there is not much of a "where to start" on these pages. My > opinion is that the first step is to build a library to use Web Map > Services (WMS). The specs are available at > > http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=5316 > > Some useful links: > > http://www.opengeospatial.org/specs/ > http://www.intl-interfaces.com/cookbook/WMS/ > http://www.digitalearth.gov/ > http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ > http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html > > Such a library would already allow many educational tools in addition > to WW. > > Personally, I really do not have the time to develop such a library > (unless I succeed to get some students involved) but I'd be very much > interestd in using it! > > Regards, > ChriS > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs >