WebWorldWind, achievements and future of the ESA-NASA partnership

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1 Solenix Deutschland GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
2 ESRIN, European Space Agency (ESA), Frascati, Italy
3 Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, California, United States of America
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2134v2
Published
Accepted
Subject Areas
Human-Computer Interaction, World Wide Web and Web Science, Software Engineering
Keywords
HTML5, WebGL, Virtual Globe, WebWorldWind, API, JavaScript, NASA, ESA
Copyright
© 2016 Voumard et al.
Licence
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Cite this article
Voumard Y, Sacramento P, Marchetti PG, Hogan P. 2016. WebWorldWind, achievements and future of the ESA-NASA partnership. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2134v2

Abstract

Web World Wind is a 3D virtual globe API for HTML5 and JavaScript developed by NASA with support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and other partners. In this paper, Web World Wind is compared to other virtual globe technologies and the results of the first year for the on-going collaboration between ESA and NASA on Web World Wind development are presented. Concrete examples built with the newly introduced features are highlighted and put in relation to possible research and education use cases. Finally, the next steps and roadmap are briefly introduced.

Author Comment

This new version addresses the comments from the reviewers. This was mainly achieved by the addition of a new section comparing Web World Wind to other virtual globe technologies.