
The emphasis is on accuracy, collaboration through communications channel, and the ability to transform and project a wide range of geospatial formats to the planet on the fly. ossimPlanet builds on top of OSSIM and OpenSceneGraph to provide accurate 3D visualization of geospatial data sets. is an open source project that provides an alternative to Google Earth. Cons: Windows only, some license compatibility issues with MPL, poor Virtual Globe capabilities, no active community, no WMS nor WFS support, no KML support.I'd say that Biosphere3D has what it takes to become a Google EarthĬompetitor, given that a few more people work on it. The focus is vegetation rendering, not replacing Google Earth. Right now, only a single person (myself) is working on Biosphere3D, and You can have a look at some screenshots at Lacking someone with proper experience in this field. Libraries and most of the code is already posix compatible, but we're It's available for Windows (32 and 64 bit). There's already basic support for GIS data (shape file overlay).

Up to 2TB uncompressed (27GB compressed). It handles large satellite images and digital elevation models, tested Our research has been published on the EuroVis and the SimVis It sports a state-of-the-art terrain management and rendering system. It is based exclusively on open source libraries. Up to now, no externalĬontributions have been made, so this is negotiable.

It is already open source under the MPL. That handles planet sized terrains, called Biosphere3D: We currently develop a landscape visualization system I just saw on your high priority list that you're looking for a GoogleĮarth replacement.
