About pTolemy3D

pTolemy3D project's goal is to make it easy to put a dynamic 3D world into any web page. It's a tool kit that includes a 3D Java applet, server side components and tools that utilize standard technologies such as Jpeg 2000, OpenGL, and OpenGIS standards such as WMS and WFS to provide a 3D earth visualization experience - which you fully control.

pTolemy3D is a completely free, open source, and Java JOGL-based application. The Viewer core and plugins have been released under the GPLv3 License. Please join the discussion and mailing list at pTolemy3D Google Group and let us know what you think.

Our intention is to follow OSGeo's incubation guidelines as noted in their graduation checklist.

Read our official announcement press release (PDF) at our primary sponsor's webpage (SpatialCloud.com).

Download the pTolemy3D info flyer (PDF) to share with others or for reference.

Try the Demos

• If you have the JRE installed you can go direct to pTolemy3D javascript API tutorial at the demo site.
  

Once you take a peak, look at PtolemyViewerControls to begin to understand how to control the viewers actions.

download Java plugin here

• Install ptconsole web application to create your own worlds. Go here to download the Ready-2-Run zip file and see the setup guide.

---

Ptolemy Refoundation

Ptolemy goal is to build a good virtual globe SDK (open source project of course), easy to use and to extend by anyone.

The current version has some serious design problems and complex code which makes difficult to understand and extend for anyone who wants to contribute. Because this, recently Ptolemy project authors has started a period or re-foundation to build the project again from scratch.

The goal of re-foundation project are:

• Use a new working methodology (more agile).
• Improve the project documentation.
• Make a new implementation from scratch.

After that, we want to have a basic Virtual Globe SDK with a good design, implementation and documentation and, of course, stable enough to be used in any production environment :)

This way contributors will present their ideas, they will be discussed (using chat, email or Ptolemy group) and finally they will be briefly documented or explained and implemented.

In the next link you can follow the evolution of this amazing stage of the project: Ptolemy Refoundation.

As always you are welcome to participate actively.

---

Quick Start Guides & Information

• Setting up the applet on your HTML page: Describes how to use the pTolemy3D in your web browser applet.
• History & Intent of Project: Why, Who, Where did pTolemy3D come from?
• FAQ: Quick answers to general questions.

Documentation

• Viewer Controls: Controlling the viewer
• Configuration: Available configuration parameters
• Plugins: Available plugins

Developer

• Developer Guide: Describes how to download the pTolemy3D source code and build binary files by yourself.
  • Desktop test: Offers a guide and a configuration file to test your pTolemy3D development as a desktop application.
  • Plugins:
    • Basics to create a new plugin: Learn the basics on extending pTolemy3D in your own way.
    • Load data in your own plugin: Describe own to load your own data in your plugins.
    • Tools:
      • DemCutter: Command line tool to create DEM files ready for pTolemy3D.
  • Old
    • Overview: Technical overview
    • How to start using pTolemy3D Core: Brief introduction to pTolemy3D and how to use it, both as applet and as a Java desktop application.
    • Javadocs

• Learn how to contribute to pTolemy3D.

---

Interested in helping guide this project? Join e-mail list & discussion

Email:

Visit the group

Also, you are welcome to add any ideas in the Feature Request/Wishlist at pTolemy3D group.

---

Sponsor pTolemy3D

pTolemy3D is developed and supported by a number of people around the world. The projects main sponsor is SpatialCloud, but we are also looking for new strategic sponsors to help project grow. If you are in a position where you want to support the development of pTolemy3D, please contact us about sponsorship.

---

pTolemy3D Trac pages

• Complete list of pTolemy3D wiki pages