WorldWindEarth.org
16
January 2017, 0000 UTC
WxOps
WorldWind Earth Achieves SBIR Milestone
Vanessa Haley and
Peter Subacz
WxOps has released
WorldWind Earth version 0.6.1 to github. This release of software and test data to open
source meets and exceeds the goals of WxOps’ SBIR Phase 1 objectives towards an
operational geobrowser-based Common Operating Environment (COE). Our SBIR innovation adds an
EarthLib COM API emulation to NASA WorldWind JAVA, allowing
cross-process coordination between WxOps WorldWind Earth (WWE) and third party
applications. When coupled with WxOps
proprietary OpsTablet®, a geobrowser-based COE enables pilots and dispatchers
to coordinate flight planning changes during long-haul flights, reducing
multiple risks to commercial aircraft operations. Previously available only on Microsoft
Windows, WxOps EarthLib extends the WWE geobrowser-based COE to other operating
systems including Linux and Mac OSX.
Since WWE is a client side application and can operate offline,
OpsTablet® users are provided with uninterrupted services when internet
connectivity is unavailable.
WWE version 0.6.1
emulates key EarthLib COM API functions for geobrowser NAVIGATION, and
introduces new JAVA classes for geobrowser ANIMATION. Florida Institute of
Technology students Peter Subacz (Ocean Engineering) and Vanessa Haley
(Atmospheric Sciences) joined WxOps to develop WWE in JAVA under the guidance
of WxOps CIO Dr. Scott T. Shipley. Of the thirty (30) primary functions
released by KeyHole in EarthLib COM API, WxOps EarthLib targets thirteen (13)
of these for OpsTablet® requirements, and two (2) functions are currently
supported.
WxOps WorldWind Earth
(WWE) is presented by Mark Spence to the International Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
Conference in Honolulu on 3 November 2016.
In this demonstration, touch navigation control is performed during the
animation of NEXRAD 4DKMZ COLLADA-based KML for Hurricane Dolly (2008).
More information on WWE open source and test data available at https://wxops.com/demo
For more information, contact Albert Peterlin at apeterlin@wxops.com
23
June 2016, 0000 UTC
WorldWind
Integration at Hawaiian Airlines
Scott
T. Shipley and Mark D. Spence, WxOps Inc.
NASA has selected
Honolulu-based WxOps Inc. to develop a reliable, secure and open geobrowser
under the 2016 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. The primary
goal of the project is to enhance and harden NASA WorldWind open source
functionality to meet and potentially exceed current geobrowser capabilities
used for Flight Operations at Hawaiian Airlines. This effort is currently
underway. In addition to desktop systems now used by dispatch personnel,
WorldWind is slated to replace geobrowsers on the Pilot’s tablets (PIDS) and
Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) tablets (CIDS) deployed across the Hawaiian
Airlines fleet. WorldWind open source is being configured to duplicate the
necessary and sufficient functions of Google Earth 7.1.2.2014 for Windows,
including the COM API. This configuration will allow WorldWind to “drop in” to
Hawaiian’s existing tablets, and work seamlessly with WxOps’ OpsTablet®
software. An early demo of OpsTablet® on WorldWind JAVA for the PIDS
application is shown in Figure 1. Upon
successful project completion, the new WorldWind open source software will be
available to the aviation community.
Figure 1 – An
early demo of OpsTablet® on WorldWind JAVA for Pilot tablets at Hawaiian
Airlines.
The OpsTablet®
application provides a uniform user interface across pilot (PIDS) aircraft
(CIDS) and dispatcher systems.
Founded
in 2010, WxOps specializes in the areas of meteorology and airline operations
software. WxOps’ patent pending OpsTablet® software and 4D geospatial system is
used by commercial airline customers to achieve unprecedented Airline Operation
Control (AOC) using a geobrowser based Common Operating Environment (COE).
OpsTablet® is used before flight for flight planning and briefing, during
flight for flight monitoring, and after flight for history, forensics and
archive retrieval.
For more information, contact Albert Peterlin at apeterlin@wxops.com
Honolulu, HI
May 1st 2016, 1800 UTC
NASA selects WxOps for 4D
Geospatial Integration
NASA has selected
Honolulu based WxOps Inc. for development of a reliable, secure and open geobrowser
under the 2016 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. The primary goal of the project will be to
research ways to enhance and harden NASA World Wind open source functionality
to meet and potentially exceed current geobrowser best practices and
security. Upon successful project
completion, new software based on NASA’s World Wind technology will be
available to the open source community.
About WxOps:
Founded in 2010,
WxOps specializes in the areas of meteorology and airline operations software.
WxOps, Inc. offers a range of products and services including:
·
4D geospatial
displays and associated data
·
Regulatory document
management
·
Mobile communications
software for tablets
·
Integration of 4D
(OGC compliant) data and systems between AOC and EFB platforms
·
Near to mid-term
FAA NextGen requirements in the NAS environment
·
Satcom delivery of operational and weather data over
oceanic, polar and remote areas
·
Enhanced aircraft
position data
·
Enhanced icing,
convection, turbulence and volcanic ash displays
WxOps’ patent pending
OpsTablet® software and 4D geospatial system is used by commercial airline
customers to achieve unprecedented Airline Operation Control (AOC) using a
geobrowser based Common Operating Environment (COE). OpsTablet® is used before flight for flight
planning and briefing, during flight for flight monitoring, and after flight
for history, forensics and archive retrieval.
Future commercial development plans include the integration
of OpsTablet® and related flight operations software onto multiple computer
platforms.
http://sbir.nasa.gov/SBIR/abstracts/16/sbir/phase1/SBIR-16-1-A3.03-7315.html
For more information, contact Albert Peterlin at apeterlin@wxops.com
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