The NASA WorldWind SDK/source code here
The Nww.jar is a 3D globe app for downloading and display of geo referenced images. The Nww.jar is an executable file that will run on most operating systems that have the proper java runtime environment(jre). Windows XP, Vista, win7, Linux and Mac.
Nww is designed to interact with other programs written in Java, Python, C++ or whatever.
If your system will run the NASA demos then the Nww.jar should run with a few additional requirements depending on your operating system. At the bottom of the demos page under Requirements you may need to update your video driver and jre.
To run under Windows the Nww.jar needs two additional files in the same directory, jogl.dll and jogl_awt.dll which are included in the WW.zip. The jogl developers do not recommend installing jogl in the java directory but it does work.
Just download the the WW.zip, unzip it and place the WW directory somewhere, I place it on the root of the drive, it can be run from a USB flash drive, SD card or external drive that way. There is a Help file in the WW directory also. Then just click, or double click, on the Nww.jar or make a link to it. To run under Linux install jogl. In Ubuntu this can be done with Synaptic Package Manager. Then just run the Nww.jar I have not tried this with Mac but if the demos run the Nww.jar should run.
Location.jar is included in WW.zip and will interact with Nww.jar by moving the image center to the location you have input. Or to get the location at the center of the screen so it can be copied just enter + in the Location text box.
Or it can be run by itself to convert from degrees minutes seconds to decimal degrees. You can also paste in a GPS GGA sentence. You can copy the converted location from the Lat,Lon text box with Ctrl+C or right click. As the list below shows the input can be in many different formats.
Sometimes when copying from a web page a symbol will be replaced with ?, that has been handled and usually works OK.
You can specify the output that will be in the Lat,Lon text area.
"deg" entered in the Location text box will switch to decimal degrees, the default
"dms" will switch to to degrees minutes seconds
"dm" will switch to degrees minutes
"dr" will switch the "goto" mode to direct, the default
"fl" will switch to flyto
"dp" will switch to draw a terrain following polyline
"np" will switch to no draw, the default
">" will draw a line from the last point to where you have panned to before entering ">"
"clear" will clear the lines drawn
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