Documentation Planning

Content Developers Guide (How to�)

 * A. Use Plug-In Architecture
 * B. Use XML Add-Ons
 * C. Add 'Surface Data� that mates with elevation
 * i. Landsat
 * ii. Aerial Photography
 * D. Add 'Elevation Data� (higher resolution elevation)
 * E. Add Layers (Above Surface)
 * i. Animation Control: Layers need a time control element to allow successive layers to be animated
 * ii. Layer Description: text description with on/off toggle (moveable box)
 * iii. Layer Legend: legend with on/off toggle (moveable box).
 * iv. Layer Terrain Synch: follows adjustable height above terrain, sensitive to vertical exaggeration setting (WMS, ESRI Shapefiles, etc.)
 * Biology: flora and fauna; vegetation type, i.e., agricultural crops, native species, etc.; endangered species; species distribution, etc.
 * Geology: surface rock or sediment type; depositional environments; earthquake data; World Bathymetric data (MBARI data);
 * Related Annotation Layer turned on and off
 * Zero height above terrain would mate the layer to the terrain.
 * v. Layer Absolute Synch: follows constant but adjustable height above sea level (WMS, ESRI Shapefiles, etc.)
 * Contours for Biosphere/Atmosphere: temperature, barometric pressure, precipitation, plate tectonics, ozone, etc.
 * Demographic Data (incidence of cancer, voting patterns, etc.)
 * Related Annotation Layer turned on and off
 * F. Processing Imagery, i.e., Landsat (use �edu� FTP downloaded images for example):
 * i. Technique for color balancing images
 * ii. Technique for mosaicking images
 * �Perforating edge with transparency for overlap stitch
 * iii. Structure of tiling scheme
 * Pyramid scheme
 * iv. Technique for slicing and dicing larger mosaicked image into smaller tiles
 * v. Advice for applying tiles to World Wind
 * Packaging, installation, XML file management