Rendering Terrains, Planets, and our Solar System

Terrain Rendering, 3d Interactive programs with Java

	View terrains with DEM Terrain Viewer, free source code is available. Uses Java3d, configured as an application, not a web applet.
Terrain Rendering with variable Level of Detail ( Java3d ) Source code : TeVi.tgz Documentation: terrain.pdf ( 2 Meg ), thesis.pdf ( 25 Meg, 100 pages ) Demo: Web page applet More Terrain Rendering Programs with Source code Tutorial from JavaWorld.com : Render fractal landscapes ( "plain" Java, not Java3d ) Web Demo, Source code: jw-08-step.zip Tutorial from JavaWorld.com : Terrains Navigate through virtual worlds using Java 3D ( Java3d ) Source code: jw-0704-3d.zip Sun's "Java3d FlyThrough Demo" Source code: ( java3d.netbeans.org )
Your browser is not configured to run Java !	Our Earth, Moon, and Sun Orbiting & Rotating with VRML & Java ( Please wait for it to load ) Uses this VRML file: planetary_earth_moon.wrl, which works with VRML Viewers based on the Sun VRML Loaders. Some say Java is slow, but this is faster than real-time rendering ( 1 year == 100 Sec. ) `;^)`

	Realtime Tracking of Satelites orbiting the Earth Nasa's JTrack Program ( Java Applet )
	First Person Shooter Tank Game written in Java. Move around a simple city terrain avoiding sudden death from enemy tanks. Combating the notion that Java is slow, this tank game shows Java is fast enough and the human player is often too slow on the draw.
	\| \| a Java 3D visualization that I did recently of the \| \| [ Space Shuttle Lauch Vehicle ] ... from NAS / NASA ... \| \| -- To the Crew and To Science ... Vaidya \| Source: Java3d list archives at Sun.com Professor Prabhakar Vaidya; Mathematical Modelling Unit National Institute of Advanced Studies; Bangalore, India Nasa Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle Model Data
Nasa's "FastScript3d" Java + VRML + Scripting" program More demonstations ( with source code ) of Nasa's Java3d with Javascript extensions Earth, rotating ( top left, above ) Space craft with movable solar panels ( top right, above ) JavaScript Companion to Java3D ( Announcement to Java3d-interest list by Patti Koenig from Nasa / JPL ) VRML animation with Java3d in a browser with the Sun VRML Loaders.

Sun's Java3d Scenegraph Editor showing a Nasa VRML model

uses the Sun VRML Loaders, source code available and is free.

Render Real Terrains & Maps with DEM Elevations, portably. Render Terrains from Real World Data Sets on the web or off. Freely available source code gives 3d real-time rendering of real world terrains with Java, Java3d, or C. NASA and leading research facilities including the San Diego Super Computer Center use Java and Java3d for portabability across the web and across platforms for flextible, extensible, reliable, economical solutions. Java3d gives high speed, high quality 3d rendering in a browser or as a stand alone application for portability across Windows, Linux, Solaris and other Unix platforms. VRML worlds including those with terrain ElevationGrids can be loaded and rendered with the Sun VRML Loaders, on the web & off, from local files & from web locations. Free, Portable DEM Viewer ( Source Code Available, Java3d ) ----------------------------------------------------------- | | DEMViewer is a digital elevation model viewer | for ArcGrid ASCII export files. With DEMViewer | you can visualize digital elevation models | generated by ArcInfo and combine it with data | (in the same ArcGrid ASCII export format and/or | Jpeg/Gif images). .. | | DEMViewer was developed at the Department of | Geoinformatics, Geohydrology and Modelling | of the Institute of Geography of the University | of Jena, Germany. | | DEMViewer is written in Java and uses VisAD and Java3D. | | DEMViewer is freely available and is under the | GNU General Public License. You can get the source code here | | [ I tried it, I liked it, ran fine on Linux. -- P.F. ] | http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/~p6taug/demviewer/more/gallery.html http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/~p6taug/demviewer/more/more_shots.html http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/~p6taug/demviewer/ http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/~p6taug/demviewer/demv_src.jar Web Terrain DEM Viewer ( Java3d ) --------------------------------- free, but no source code. http://cyberhipster.com/j3d/jland/ http://cyberhipster.com/j3d/jland/appletland2.html DEM 3d Terrain Viewers have been written in Java3d and you get them for free, source code and all ( see above & below ). Java and Java3d are emerging increasing as the preferred solution for rendering 3d on the web and for applicatons where portability and the speed and ease of developement are priority issues. Java3d can render VRML with the Sun VRML Loaders and can render DEM Terrain data sets, and other data sets without the limitations and problems of the old style VRML plug-ins ( browser incompatabilities, lack of support on Linux and other popular platforms popular with developers, limitations of networking and file access, security problems, difficult interfacing issues, non-standard, proprietary or incomplete implemenations ). These resources include 3d terrains, 2d maps, & planets. If there is a lot here, it's because a lot of people are doing a lot of different things with Java. NASA J-Track Globe & Satelite Tracking System ( 3d, Java Web Applet ) --------------------------------------------- http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTime/JTrack/3D/AppletFrame.html Moon Orbiting Earth Orbiting Sun, texture mapped, VRML & Java -------------------------------- ( Java 1.1, fails with Java 1.2+ ) http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/terrain_rendering.html http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/shout3d/models/planetary_earth_moon.wrl - VRML file above works with Shout3d ( Java 1.1 ) & Java3d ( Java 1.2+ ) "Virtual Globe" Web Terrain Rendering with Java3d ( SINTEF ) ----------------------( Norwegian Institute of Technology ) http://globe.sintef.no/#gallery http://globe.sintef.no/earthview-globe.html http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/topo/globe.shtml | Fly San Diego is a standalone Java program | (it could also be an applet if it needed to be). | | It uses Java 3D for its graphics. | | It uses the web for its information, some of | which is being periodically updated. We are | currently running it on both a PC and UNIX | workstations. It will also run on Macintoshes | once once Java 3D has been ported there | | [ San Diego Supercomputer Center ] | http://flysd.sdsc.edu/ | A Digital Elevation Model (DEM), | consists of a sampled array of | elevations for ground positions that | are normally at regularly spaced intervals. | http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/hyper/guide/1_dgr_dem | kdem is a program for displaying | United States Geological Survey (USGS) | Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) . | [ for Linux & win (g3dgmv) source code available ] | http://www.mindspring.com/~jamoyers/kdem/ http://g3dgmv.sourceforge.net/mapview5.html http://g3dgmv.sourceforge.net/ MapMagical Terrain Editor, Irony Games ---------------------------( web applet ) http://www.irony.com/webtools.html http://www.irony.com/igmmte/ http://www.irony.com/cgi-bin/world1.pl Fractal Terrain ( Tutorial, Demo, Source Code ) ( Java World ) ---------------------------------------------- http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-08-1998/jw-08-step_p.html Fractal Terrains ( with Source code ) ( Java 1.1 ) ------------------------------------ http://www.ipm.sci-nnov.ru/~demidov/3Dapp/Mount.htm http://www.ipm.sci-nnov.ru/~demidov/3Dapp/MountainC.java http://www.ipm.sci-nnov.ru/~demidov/3Dapp/Mountain3D.java http://www.ipm.sci-nnov.ru/~demidov/VRML/Terra/Terra.htm http://www.ipm.sci-nnov.ru/~demidov/VRML/Terra/Terra.java Fractal Terrain with Java3d ( Web applet ) --------------------------- http://code.j3d.org/examples/terrain/index.html http://code.j3d.org/examples/terrain/applet.html 3d globe ( Anfy3d, Java 1.1 ) ------------------------------ http://zeus.thing.net:8080/earth/javaearth.html http://zeus.thing.net:8080/earth/ Web Interactive Maps ( Java ) -------------------- | ALOV Map is free, portable Java application | for publication vector and raster maps to | Internet and interactive viewing on web browsers. | | It supports the complex rendering architecture, | the unlimited navigation and allows working with | multiple layers, thematic maps, hyperlinked features | and attribute data. | http://alov.org/index.html Virtual Terrain Project ( open source, OpenGL: Win, Linux, etc. ) ----------------------- http://www.vterrain.org/index.html http://www.vterrain.org/Elevation/dem.html http://www.vterrain.org/Elevation/index.html http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/terrain/ http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/terrain/terrainvis/ Java OceanAtlas is a Java version of my popular Power OceanAtlas marine science data visualization tool. ----------------------------------------------------- http://www.oceanatlas.com/java_oceanatlas_home_page.htm http://www.oceanatlas.com/java_oceanatlas_map_plots.htm http://oceanatlas.com/JOA3.0/joa%202.0%20guided%20tour/joa2.0_guided_tour.html http://www.epic.noaa.gov/epic/software/JavaJOA.htm http://www.epic.noaa.gov/epic/software/ep_java.htm LiveMap version 3.0 ( NOAA ) Java map applet. -------------------- geophysical datasets across the web. http://tmap.pmel.noaa.gov/~callahan/JAVA/map_v3.0/LiveMap_v3.0.html http://tmap.pmel.noaa.gov/~callahan/JAVA/map_v3.0/LiveMap_30.java Mapping from Database Dataset with Java, web interactive ( Cornell ) --------------------------------------- http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/webmap/ select an area, click on "Submit" http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/ http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/education/instructor/web_tools.html Mapping with City Features & Statistical Data ( Web Applets ) ------------------------------------------ http://www.map24.com/map24/index.php3?map24_osid=5b3b7b9db299461586f24252b5d0976e http://www.nacgeo.com/NACMap/ http://www.nacgeo.com/WEBGIS/ http://industry.java.sun.com/solutions/company/summary/1,2353,3925,00.html http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/plue/ddviewer/ddvJava30/index.html Java Map, ArcExplorer 3.1, Java Edition ( free ) ---------------------------- | ArcExplorer 3.1 is a complete, easy-to-use | GIS data viewer that displays and queries | locally stored GIS data as well as MapServices from | ArcIMS 3.1. ArcExplorer 3.1 is built with Java, | which allows you to enjoy cross-platform support. | And, as always, ArcExplorer is absolutely free! | http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/overview31.html http://gislounge.com/ll/javaandgis.shtml http://spatial.mapinfo.com/MapApplet.htm http://spatial.mapinfo.com/ http://java.sun.com/features/2001/06/mapinfo.html http://terraform.sourceforge.net/ http://www.ai.sri.com/TerraVision/ http://www.geovrml.org/ http://www.geovrml.org/vrml_examples/ world view Sun Illumination ( 2d, applet ) ----------------------------------------- http://www.jgiesen.de/SME/ http://viewer.digitalearth.gov/ http://sunrise.gsfc.nasa.gov/ http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/resource.html http://viz.globe.gov/viz-bin/home.cgi http://geotools.sourceforge.net/ http://trapdoor.surak.com.au/~chris/vrml/RezIndex.html Dem to Wrl "C" program. http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/src/dem2wrl.zip VRML can be animated in a browser or in a stand-alone application ( with the ability to network onto the web ) with Java3d and the Sun VRML Loaders, on Windows & Linux: VRML animated with Java3d: Planets, Molecules, People, Games. Games with VRML & Java3d VRML animated with Java3d using the Sun VRML Loaders Use the Sun VRML Loaders when the 'new' Xj3D Loaders Fail Molecular Modeling with VRML & Java3d Great 3d for the web: Resources, Tutorials, Demos

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Terrain Rendering, 3d Interactive programs with Java

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