WWJava Application Feature List

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This page is intended to gather and organize desired features and ideas for a future World Wind Java multiplatform application of the SDK.

For this list to be useful it needs to be clear enough so that anyone can understand what each listed feature or idea means. For instance "Plug-ins support" or "Add-ons support" is too vague. Please describe each new item with one or two sentences. If need be, add a paragraph in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page to describe more complex features or ideas with possibly links to forum threads or other reference.

Right now this list is a draft but it should ultimately be sorted by priorities before any development starts.

1 Desired Features List
2 Architecture
3 Notes

[edit] Desired Features List

[edit] Must Have

Support for different 'worlds' or planets
Tree based layer manager. Add/remove layers, opacity and layer order control. Persistent.
Support for WW.net XML based Add-ons
Support for software extensions or plug-ins
Support for persistent WMS layers
Some KML support
Support for .shp shapefiles.
Placemarks. Allow to save locations in one or different 'favorite places list'
Flexible user interface. Allows to show/hide components. Persistent.
A multitude of globe-specific GUIs such as a ColorPicker, SymbolEditor, etc.

[edit] Would Be Nice To Have

Support for Mercator tiled layers (GM, Yahoo, Virtual Earth...)
Full screen mode
3D models support, OBJ/KML(Collada)?
Drawing lines and polygons + saving to KML or some other vector format (GPX, SHP, PostGis, WFS-T)
Change and save existing layer properties to XML via GUI (Layer Manager)
Movie recorder. Allows to record and play view animations.