An open source virtual globe rendering engine for 3D applications: NASA World Wind

Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards

Table 1 Availability and requirements of NASA World Wind’s two main SDKs

Project name	World Wind	Web World Wind
Programming language	Java	JavaScript
Project home page	https://nasaworldwind.github.io/	https://nasaworldwind.github.io/
Operating system(s)	Platform independent	Platform independent
Requirements	Updated video card drivers; Windows and Linux: Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0 update 10; Mac OS X: JRE 1.7.0	Updated video card drivers; A JavaScript-enabled web browser;
License	NASA open source agreement version 1.3^a	NASA open source agreement version 1.3
Source code	http://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WorldWindJava	http://github.com/NASAWorldWind/WebWorldWind
Examples	https://goworldwind.org/demos/	http://explorer.worldwind.earth/ http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/quakehunter/ http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/spacebirds/ http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/worldweather/ http://jsbin.com/nomafey/edit?output (sandbox)