playing with nasas java worldwind on

Playing with Nasa's Java WorldWind on Suse

Geertjan has a really good first article on using Nasa's latest Java

WorldWind client software wrapped up in a NetBean's project. Note that

the client is a preview, but it's still quite usable to get started

with. Geertjan looks to have used NetBeans 5.5. My project uses the

following tools and environment:

* NetBeans 6 Milestone 9

* Java 1.6.0 Update 1

* Suse 10.2

* Latest ATI drivers (8.35.5 or later)

When I created my project I elected to start with the Java Desktop

Application (New Project > General > Java Desktop Application). Most

of what Geertjan specifies that you do is still correct under NB9, but

there are some subtle differences which are easy to figure out. There

is one (minor) issue to be aware of. When you want to drag and drop

the WorldWindGLCanvas Bean onto the DemoFrame, you need to delete the

central canvas that's already there. Once deleted, you then drag the

WorldWind bean into its place.

This looks to be a really interesting tutorial series.