googlesystem.blogspot.com — It will be interesting to watch this project and the added functionality. Google Earth is a proprietary application that runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, but lacks a real API. An open source alternative to Google Earth is NASA World Wind, which, ironically, is a Windows-only application.
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bnolsenNov 25, 2006
Source code mirrors anywhere?Regardless of the legal status I'd like to see what they're using technology wise ... programming language, UI, etc.Keyhole access *might* be interesting but WMS/WFS is more useful since it's an open standard.
yurkshatNov 25, 2006
Microsoft being against open source (at least that is my understanding).Not saying its ironic because it isn't cross-platform.
cluelessNov 25, 2006
now i'm a newb... and i need your help (W:stupid question ahead).once you have all the libraries that it needs, do i just copy and past the src for those lib into the src folder of gaia and then compile or ...?would really appreciate it as it would mean my entrace into the open source world.
clemenceauNov 25, 2006
It's Windows-only now, but it is open source. Just give it some time, and it'll be available for the other two OS's as well.
sumgiNov 25, 2006
That is a brilliant idea, now I'm off to reverse engineer me some valve engines and maybe some adobe products as well. Lets get this open source movement on the road! How about an open source mp3 player? We'll call it the OurPod...or not. I'm sure Apple wouldn't mind if we just got a few ideas from one of their older models!
stonekeeperNov 25, 2006
Irony has nothing to do with words being used for different meanings or humour. Irony is, eg, Microsoft bitching about other people's file formats being incompatible.Irony isn't supposed to be funny and certainly isn't "rain on your wedding day". That's just bad luck...It's not that complicated people!!!
zielgruppeNov 25, 2006
Yip, WMS/WFS is the way to go. And worldwind is supporting the OGC standards and is open source. Why reinventing the wheel?
hiscityNov 25, 2006
So what you're implying is that if gaia (or another open source project) were coded using the google earth api, there would be no licensing issue? It appears that google is protecting an existing income source as long as possible. Their servers are $30,000 yearly. I haven't been able to find a price for the enterprise versions of google earth (fusion, client, etc.). The pro version is $400-$600 yearly. <a class="user" href="http://earth.google.com/earth_enterprise.html">http://earth.google.com/earth_enterprise.html</a>It appears that gaia was able to provide features sold in corporate google earth products, such as loading up customer produced shp files (*), meaning that the customer could add their own maps as a overlay. (* - an outdated industry standard, originally developed by ESRI)I'm astonished to find so many here defending a global corporation against a 'little guy" grass-roots project. It looks to me like google eliminated competition using intimidation or simply bought off the main developer. We may have had a glimpse of the future where... google merges with microsoft, ("googosof"). It gives me the same creepy feeling I had as a kid watching "The Blob." Especially because of all the google apologists here. (... or "shills)<a class="user" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051418/">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051418/</a>If I'm right, (note the "if"), gaia won't be back. Google killed "mother earth."
5of0Nov 27, 2006
Intense work on World Wind Java (cross-platform) is underway, and a beta should be available within a few months.