From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94421BCAC for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 12:49:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j4HAnPMq031126 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 12:49:25 +0200 Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA02768 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 12:49:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp5.wanadoo.fr (smtp5.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.26]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j4HAnOeX031123 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 12:49:24 +0200 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0501.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 619331C000E5 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 12:49:24 +0200 (CEST) Received: from nono (ARouen-106-1-15-134.w81-48.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.48.246.134]) by mwinf0501.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with SMTP id E96C51C00130; Tue, 17 May 2005 12:49:23 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20050517104923957.E96C51C00130@mwinf0501.wanadoo.fr Message-ID: <002b01c55ace$79d39780$0100a8c0@mshome.net> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=E9d=E9ric_Gava?= To: "Christophe TROESTLER" Cc: References: <20050517.120655.92026286.debian00@tiscali.be> Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Port of World wind Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:52:09 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4289CC35.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 4289CC34.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; gava:01 gava:01 caml-list:01 sourceforge:01 christophe:01 troestler:01 o'caml:01 caml-list:01 macosx:01 ocaml:01 sourceforge:01 cvs:01 beginner's:01 ocaml:01 beginners:01 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: Hi, it is a great project and it could also benefict of parallelism as in http://netjuggler.sourceforge.net/ Frédéric Gava ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christophe TROESTLER" To: "O'Caml Mailing List" Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: [Caml-list] Port of World wind > Hi, > > Maybe some of you know the World Wind (WW) project: > > http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/ > > It is really a nice application, both visually and from an educational > perspective. However, it has been written in c# and DirectX, so is > not available on Unix or MacOSX. Some port discussions have been > taking place, but so far nothing concrete has seen the light. So, if > some people on this list are in search of a great projet, I think that > would fit and would also help popularizing OCaml! The project is also > technically interesting as it mixes OpenGL, XML, networks,... > > The usual "help" links given are: > http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Main_Page > http://issues.worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/secure/Dashboard.jspa > http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Mac_and_Linux_Port_Collaboration > http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=69528 > > However, there is not much of a "where to start" on these pages. My > opinion is that the first step is to build a library to use Web Map > Services (WMS). The specs are available at > > http://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=5316 > > Some useful links: > > http://www.opengeospatial.org/specs/ > http://www.intl-interfaces.com/cookbook/WMS/ > http://www.digitalearth.gov/ > http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/ > http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html > > Such a library would already allow many educational tools in addition > to WW. > > Personally, I really do not have the time to develop such a library > (unless I succeed to get some students involved) but I'd be very much > interestd in using it! > > Regards, > ChriS > > _______________________________________________ > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management: > http://yquem.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/caml-list > Archives: http://caml.inria.fr > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs >