Data visualization software for displaying NetCDF and OPeNDAP earth science data on a 3D sphere
The CoastWatch Vertigo Project is an earth science data viewing application that reads data from NetCDF files and OPeNDAP connections and presents the data as coloured images on a 3D sphere. The goal of the project is to create a way to discover, view, and use earth science data that is easy and intuitive.
Pre-compiled installable packages starting with version 0.7 are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux under Releases. Packages are also available from the Terrenus archive.
The YouTube CoastWatch Vertigo Project playlist contains videos on installing and using Vertigo to view data, and on Vertigo development.
To run Vertigo, either install one of the packages listed above which may require
administrator access to your machine, or follow the instructions below for installing OpenJDK and setting JAVA_HOME
, then skip directly to Step (4) to run Vertigo using the provided script.
Download the project ZIP file, or clone the repository using Git.
Set JAVA_HOME
to the base JDK directory, for example:
export JAVA_HOME=${HOME}/jdk-14.0.2
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\jdk-14.0.2
To build a runnable distribution file with all dependencies included, use either the
distTar
or distZip
Gradle tasks. By default the distribution is built only for the
current platform -- to build for another platform specify
-Pplatform=win
, -Pplatform=mac
, or -Pplatform=linux
. After building, the
distribution file is available in the vertigo/build/distributions
directory. For
example:
./gradlew distTar
.\gradlew distZip
Alternatively, to compile and run Vertigo directly on the current platform:
./gradlew run
.\gradlew run
General comments and questions should be directed to [email protected] and [email protected].