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News
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| 12/01/2010  | .We are proud to announce a new major revision of OSG Virtual Planets. This       |
|             | version  integrates a new Terrain rendering library a new symbology framework     |
|             | and lots of bug fixes.                                                            |
|             | This version is based on OSG 2.8.2, see Downloads section to enjoy it             |
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| 22/12/2008  | .OSG Virtual Planets 2.1.7 Version Released, see Downloads section                |
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| 30/07/2008  | .OSG Virtual Planets 2.1.5 Version Released, see Downloads section                |
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| 30/04/2008  | .New OSG Virtual Planets Web Site, now we are full integrated with gvSIG project  |
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| 17/04/2008  | .We are proud to announce the release 2.0.4, with improved features, better       |
|             | build system and more functionality ported to Java. As an example of code the     |
|             | library comes with a set of examples and a set of eclipse plug-ins to show the    |
|             | integration possibilities. Go to Downloads section to get the release.            |
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Introduction
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osgVP is a complete **Open Software (GPL)** framework that helps in the
creation of 3D GIS Planets or Terrains. It Is designed to be completely dynamic
allowing you to visualize **Raster Layers (Texture and Elevations)**, and in
the near future we will include efficient and multirresolution management of
Vectorial Layers*.

osgVP was created inside the project gvSIG, and also provides bindings to Java
allowing the integration with it. 

A brief summary of the osgvp features are:
 - Written in C++ with wrappers and utilities in Java using JNI.

 - Wrappers the most useful classes of OSG to Java.

 - Easy integration with Swing/AWT/SWT through a viewer library that makes use of JOGL and osgViewer libraries.

 - Allow the creation of planets and terrains with dynamic pagination without creating previously the database.

 - Supports dynamic management of raster layers per planet.

 - Supports the creation and management of GIS features(3D Text, Pixel and Meter Points, PolyLines and Tesselated Polygons, extrusion and shapes).

 - Extends the osgManipulator library making it simpler to use and adding new features, such group/ungroup.

 - Gives a complete set of examples for help in the development and testing.

 - Developed around a set of unit tests to validate the functionality.

 - Gives a set of Eclipse Plugins based on the library. Geoviewer and a OSG 3D Editor.

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Downloads
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.. _Downloads: downloads

Downloads_ Page

User Guide
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.. _Guide: resources/UserGuide_en.pdf

User Guide_ in pdf format.

Developer Information
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.. _Developers: developers-information

Developers_ Information Page