How to using the WorldWind Java 0.2 SDK in Eclipse

Step 1: Download and unzip

Grab the code from sourceforge, it's a zip. Unzip it someplace. I unzipped it to c:\software\dev\worldwind.release You'll see that path later.

[edit]Step 2: Start Eclipse and create a New Java Project

Start Eclipse and to to File -> New -> Project. Choose a Java Project.

[edit]Step 3: Point to the existing source code

In the new project wizard, make sure to select "Create project from existing source" and point to the unzipped directory. Then press "Finish."

Done! That was easy. Not like the steps needed for the 0.1 code! Major kudos to the NASA Java team for including JOGL and having a nice directory structure that allows Eclipse to interpret where things are.

Checking the project's settings, we see the libraries have been included:

Here's a shot of Eclipse, running the two demo apps that come with it, worldwinddemo.AWT1Up in the foreground, worldwinddemo.BasicDemo in the background.

To run one of these apps, navigate to src/worldwinddemo/ on the right hand Package Explorer and right click on one of the java classes. In the context menu that appears, go to Run As... and choose Java Application.

There're some interesting things here, first there's a floating placemark (neat), second there's a GML line (also neat) in AWT1Up, and third zooming is all shaky and wierd (bad).

Here's the snippet that produces the icons along the equator, with a 2m meter ones at every 90.

private IconLayer buildIconLayer()
{
   IconLayer layer = new IconLayer();

   for (double lat = 0; lat < 10; lat += 10)
   {
       for (double lon = -180; lon < 180; lon += 10)
       {
           double alt = 0;
           if (lon % 90 == 0)
               alt = 2000000;
           WWIcon icon = new UserFacingIcon("images/32x32-icon-nasa.png",
               new Position(Angle.fromDegrees(lat), Angle.fromDegrees(lon), alt));
           icon.setHighlightScale(1.5);
           icon.setToolTipFont(this.makeToolTipFont());
           icon.setToolTipText(icon.getPath());
           icon.setToolTipTextColor(java.awt.Color.YELLOW);
           layer.addIcon(icon);
       }
   }

   return layer;
}

Thanks http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/WWJava_in_Eclipse