I believe we can subvert the w3ds to support collada as well which is an internally a scenegraph and very much competing / complementary standard to x3d (much like KML/GML).
Regarding Glob3, yes they have done some work with 3D assets and LOD based rendering with octiles. I am actively experimenting with the NetCDF support for glob3 in a clone - https://github.com/whatnick/glob3_csiro/. You can see some videos based on bits of work we did on glob3 here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15821898/vlc-output_winds.mp4 http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15821898/vlc-output.mp4 Cheers, Tisham. > OGC has three standards (two of them are yet only proposed) that could be > used in the context of 3dmodells. > * WFS - Request the raw data of 3D models in any format derived from GML3 > (with app schema plugin) > * (W3DS) - A 3d scenegraph is returned to the user to be visualized (for > the moment I think only VRML och X3D is supported) > * (WPVS / WTS) - Generates an image from a three dimensional scene which > is sent to the client. > > KML+Collada is the way of Google, X3D is the successor of VRML. >>From the features point of view I guess requesting models over WFS would >> be best but I don't think you could pass Collada that way. > > I for one thinks that an integration with worldwind + geoserver + 3d would > be great. > > Have you looked at Glob3, http://glob3.sourceforge.net/features.html as I > understand they started out with world wind and extended it with a lot of > GIS features. One of the coolest being the ability to view a 3d point > cloud of several millions points which are generalized in real time to get > performance. The closer you get the more accurate the visualization is. > > /Lukas Johansson > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: tis...@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au > [mailto:tis...@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au] > Skickat: den 6 april 2011 01:14 > Till: geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Ämne: Re: [Geoserver-users] question about 3d visualition > > Hi, > > I have been maintaining the NASA WorldWind - > http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/java/ format modules in community space and > this lets you publish imagery and terrain to worldwind from Geoserver - > http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/community/dds/index.html . I am > aiming to provide greater access to worldwind by adding a 3D layer preview > tool alongside openlayers as part of this year's GSOC - > http://geoserver.org/display/GEOS/WorldWind+Integration . Worldwind will > serve as your 3D viewing client with Geoserver acting as the data backend. > If there is sufficient interest I am also considering serving 3D assets > (collada models) , but I am not yet aware of a standard for doing this, > even Google 3D warehouse does not have an API. Deegree serves VRML format > models, VRML is frankly quite dated. > > Cheers, > > Tisham. > >> I know of some success being made with 3D WFS in deegree, perhaps this >> discussion is a good starting point for you? >> >> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/WFS-with-3D-data-using-deegree-WFS-td5784673.html#a5807699 >> >> the key in this discussion is "projecting 3D wfs into panoramic images" >> >> >> 2011/4/5 Krystian PruszyÅ"ski <pruszynski.kryst...@gmail.com>: >>> W dniu 2011-04-05 21:39, David Winslow pisze: >>> >>> GeoServer doesn't have 3d rendering itself, but it can output height in >>> KML >>> (just 2.5d - you have flat surfaces floating in the air, not real three >>> dimensional structures).  There's a tutorial in the manual: >>> http://docs.geoserver.org/stable/en/user/googleearth/tutorials/heights/heights.html >>> To my knowledge, this works just fine with the Google Earth browser >>> plugin >>> as seen in your link. >>> -- >>> David Winslow >>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ >>> >>> >>> Thanks for reply, but my problem is that datas from google earth aren't >>> enough accurate. I would like to use my own air images and show a DTM >>> model >>> on it. Is this possible with geoServer? >>> >>> Krystian. >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Xperia(TM) PLAY >>> It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming >>> smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. >>> And it wants your games. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Geoserver-users mailing list >>> Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Xperia(TM) PLAY >> It's a major breakthrough. 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