3D virtual globe API for Android, developed by NASA. Provides a geographic context, complete with terrain, for visualizing geographic or geo-located information in 3D and 2D. World Wind Android provides high-resolution terrain and imagery, retrieved from remote servers automatically as needed. Developers can provide custom terrain and imagery. Contains a rich collection of shapes for displaying and interacting with geographic data and representing a range of geometric objects. More information at worldwind.arc.nasa.gov.
Develop a world-class World Wind application for your Android phone or tablet. Setup instructions, developers guides, API documentation and more are available at worldwind.arc.nasa.gov. This GitHub repository contains the library source, examples and tutorials.
- worldwind.arc.nasa.gov has all things World Wind in one place
- World Wind Forum provides help from the World Wind community
- GitHub Issues provides requirements and issue tracking
- Travis CI provides continuous integration and build automation
- Android Studio is used by the NASA World Wind development team
Official World Wind Android releases from the master branch. Releases have the latest stable features, enhancements and bug fixes ready for production use.
- Latest Release has the current release changelogs, binary assets, and associated GitHub tag
- Releases lists all official releases
- Milestones documents upcoming releases and the development roadmap
- API Documentation for the latest release
World Wind Android builds from the develop branch. Daily builds have the newest, bleeding-edge World Wind Android features. Intended for developers and early adopters.
- Releases hosts the daily builds
- API Documentation for the current daily build
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