3d earth rotation

[lokesh jain]

Hi all, I am a newbie. I am trying to make a program to make 3d earth rotation on jsp/html page. Can you please help me with the code?

Thanks a million:)

[Ulf Dittmer]

Sure. What do you have so far? Where are you stuck making progress?

[lokesh jain]

I have not started it till now. As I said, I want to do it. Would you please some light, how can i approach for that.

[Gregg Bolinger]

You'll need to look into some Java OpenGL binding API's like JOGL or LWJGL. Then you'll need to look into how to create an Applet or how to deliver your app via Java Web Start.

[Paul Clapham]

Lokesh, in your original post you mentioned "JSP and HTML" but you posted in the Swing (and other client-side GUIs) forum. So which is it? Perhaps you would like your post moved to a more suitable forum if your question isn't about Swing?

[Jan Cumps]

Some Sun examples of 3d drawing and rotating:

http://java.sun.com/applets/jdk/1.4/demo/applets/MoleculeViewer/example1.html
http://java.sun.com/applets/jdk/1.4/demo/applets/MoleculeViewer/example2.html
http://java.sun.com/applets/jdk/1.4/demo/applets/MoleculeViewer/example3.html

I agree that it's not the earth, but it's 3d drawings turning around.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Do you mean something like this: http://www.ulfdittmer.com/sunsphere/

I didn't create it, I hasten to add, I merely host it because I couldn't find working copies elsewhere on the net.

[Jan Cumps]

Ulf Dittmer wrote:Do you mean something like this: http://www.ulfdittmer.com/sunsphere/

I didn't create it, I hasten to add, I merely host it because I couldn't find working copies elsewhere on the net.

Waw. Nice.

[lokesh jain]

Yes,ulf the same stuff I want. Can you provide me with code?

[Ulf Dittmer]

The code is at http://www.ulfdittmer.com/sunsphere/SunSphere-applet-source.zip. Note the licensing information:

* Copyright © 1996 Martin Minow. All Rights Reserved.
* World map copyright © 1992-97 Apple Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.
* Used by permission.
*
* Permission to use, copy, modify, and redistribute this software and its
* documentation for personal, non-commercial use is hereby granted provided that
* this copyright notice and appropriate documentation appears in all copies. This
* software may not be distributed for fee or as part of commercial, "shareware,"
* and/or not-for-profit endevors including, but not limited to, CD-ROM collections,
* online databases, and subscription services without specific license.

[lokesh jain]

hi ulf, the globe is pretty nice. however i want a globe only revolving, not showing me the day and night stuff. See the globe in this link : http://ccastel.free.fr/ also the code is bit bigger and includes lots of java files. Can't we have a single file for that?

[Ulf Dittmer]

What do you mean by "single file" - a single source file? Why does it matter how many source files there are? If there's lots of functionality, then there'll be lots of classes. That's the point of OO languages.