World Wind Uri
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| *[http://www.opengeospatial.org/docs/01-061.pdf OGC discussion paper for the proposed Terrain Map Server] | *[http://www.opengeospatial.org/docs/01-061.pdf OGC discussion paper for the proposed Terrain Map Server] | ||
| + | * [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt RFC 3986 Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax] which obsoletes: | ||
| *[http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2396.html RFC2396 Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax] | *[http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2396.html RFC2396 Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax] | ||
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Wikipedia page on URI] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier Wikipedia page on URI] | ||
| [[Category:Data_Formats]] | [[Category:Data_Formats]] | ||
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The World Wind Uri allows you to launch World Wind from any URI capable software, such as web browsers or the Run dialog.
Contents |
Format
worldwind://goto/parameter=value¶meter=value
Parameters
All parameters are optional. If a parameter isn't specified the current value is kept.
- lat or latitude
- Latitude to position camera (floating point number)
- lon or longitude
- Longitude to position camera (floating point number)
- altitude or alt
- The distance in meters above sea level to position the camera. Use this or viewrange. (positive integer)
- view or viewrange
- Use this or altitude. (positive floating point number)
- bank
- The angle the camera should bank. The user must have banking enabled in their World Wind settings. (floating point number)
- dir or direction
- The direction the camera is facing. From -180 to 180. (floating point number)
- tilt
- Angle of the camera to the surface. 0 is directly down, 90 is horizon (floating point number)
- world
- "Earth" is currently the only accepted value
- layer
- The name of the layer that should be shown. eg "NLT Landsat7 (Visible Color)" The value is case insensitive. Possible values are any layer text string from the Layer Manager -> Images
Examples
worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=-43.54642&lon=172.69009&alt=25883 worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=-43.54642&lon=172.69009&view=0.465 worldwind://goto/world=Earth&lat=-77.21968&lon=172.69009&view=0.465 worldwind://goto/dir=22.9&tilt=73.0&layer=NLT%20Landsat7%20(Visible%20Color)
