WWJ-CE is community supported fork of the ubiquitous WorldWind Java SDK from NASA.

WorldWind Java is a 3D virtual globe API for desktop Java, developed by NASA. It provides a geographic context with high-resolution terrain, for visualizing geographic or geo-located information in 3D and 2D. Developers can customize the globe's terrain and imagery. The SDK provides a collection of shapes for displaying and interacting with geographic data and representing a range of geometric objects.

• WorldWindJava Wiki has setup instructions, developers guides and more
• API Documentation provides an extensive collection of useful JavaDocs for the WWJ-CE SDK
• WorldWind Forum provides help from the WorldWind community
• IntelliJ IDEA is used by the NASA WorldWind development team

On March 8, 2019, NASA announced a suspension of the WorldWind project.

WorldWind team would like to inform you that starting May 3, 2019, NASA WorldWind project will be suspended. All the WorldWind servers providing elevation and imagery will be unavailable. While you can still download the SDKs from GitHub, there will be no technical support. If you have questions and/or concerns, please feel free to email at:

[email protected]

WWJ-CE seeks to mitigate the effects of the suspension and continue the development of WorldWind Java.

Contributions to WWJ-CE are welcomed in the form of issues and pull requests.

Please fulfill the following requirements before submitting an issue to this repository:

• Check the Common Problems in the Tutorials wiki
• Check that your issue isn't already filed in the open issues and pull requests
• Check the WorldWind Java Forums for common solutions

Please read Contributing to WorldWind Java and adhere to the WorldWind Java Design and Coding Guidelines.

Official WorldWind Java releases have the latest stable features, enhancements and bug fixes ready for production use.

• GitHub Releases documents official releases
• GitHub Milestones documents upcoming releases and the development roadmap
• Travis CI provides continuous integration and build automation

• WorldWind Demo App shows WorldWind's basic capabilities
• Java Demos has a complete list of example apps

• Download and extract the Latest Release
• Open the Command Prompt

cd [WorldWind release]
run-demo.bat

• Download and extract the Latest Release
• Open the Terminal app

cd [WorldWind release]
sh run-demo.bash

WorldWind requires a modern graphics card with a current driver. Most display problems are caused by out-of-date graphics drivers. On Windows, visit your graphics card manufacturer's web site for the latest driver: NVIDIA, ATI or Intel. The drivers are typically under a link named Downloads or Support. If you're using a laptop, the latest drivers are found at the laptop manufacturer's web site.

JOGL performs runtime extraction of native binaries. Some deployment situations may not allow this because it extracts the binaries to the application user’s temp directory. Runtime extraction can be avoided by by modifying WorldWind Java's JOGL distribution to load native binaries directly from the library path instead of dynamically using the native binary JAR files as follows:

1. Extract the GlueGen and JOGL native binary JAR files for the desired platform. These JAR files follow the naming pattern gluegen-rt-natives-PLATFORM.jar and jogl-all-natives-PLATFORM.jar
2. Place the extracted native binaries either in the program's working directory or in a location specified as the library path. The following JOGL user's guide page outlines supported library path variables: https://jogamp.org/jogl/doc/userguide/index.html#traditionallibraryloading
3. Remove the GlueGen and JOGL native binary JAR files from your application's workspace. JOGL attempts to use the native binary JAR files before loading from the library path, so these files must not be deployed with the application.
4. When running, specify the JVM argument -Djogamp.gluegen.UseTempJarCache=false

GDAL is a translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats provided by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. GDAL libraries and native binaries are not provided by WorldWindEarth/WorldWind Java, but are needed to build. The Gradle build will pull the necessary libraries from Maven. Please see the file GDAL_README.txt for details on where to obtain the native binaries and other details.

NASA WORLDWIND

Copyright (C) 2001 United States Government
as represented by the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
All Rights Reserved.

NASA OPEN SOURCE AGREEMENT VERSION 1.3

This open source agreement ("agreement") defines the rights of use, reproduction,
distribution, modification and redistribution of certain computer software originally
released by the United States Government as represented by the Government Agency
listed below ("Government Agency"). The United States Government, as represented by
Government Agency, is an intended third-party beneficiary of all subsequent
distributions or redistributions of the subject software. Anyone who uses, reproduces,
distributes, modifies or redistributes the subject software, as defined herein, or any
part thereof, is, by that action, accepting in full the responsibilities and obligations 
contained in this agreement.

Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Government Agency Original Software Designation: ARC-15166-1
Government Agency Original Software Title: NASA WorldWind
User Registration Requested. Please send email with your contact information to [email protected]
Government Agency Point of Contact for Original Software: [email protected]

You may obtain a full copy of the license at:

    https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/LICENSE.html