[Gdal-dev] Google Earth

[Chapman, Martin]

Yes,

Google Earth and all their supporting libraries are a great testimate to the power of open source.

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Canfield [mailto:andy.canfield at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:59 AM
To: Chapman, Martin
Cc: Mateusz Loskot; gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] Google Earth

I see the same also they are using libcurl. Wow that is a lot of open
source software in one app!

On 11/9/05, Chapman, Martin <MChapman at sanz.com> wrote:
> Mateusz,
>
> I installed the application and looked at what dll's they put in their install directory.  I can tell you that they are using gdal12, proj, opengl, the opengl utiltity toolkit, qt, alchemy, xerces, opengl math library, Microsoft win32 api, posix threads, and the windows media library.  Those are the dll's that I could identify easily.  There really wasn't too much more than that though.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Mateusz Loskot
> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 2:22 AM
> To: gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
> Subject: Re: [Gdal-dev] Google Earth
>
> Norman Barker wrote:
> >
> >     -----Original Message in HTML format-----
> >     *From:* gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org
> >     [mailto:gdal-dev-bounces at lists.maptools.org]*On Behalf Of *Chapman,
> >     Martin
> >     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:49 PM
> >     *To:* gdal-dev at lists.maptools.org
> >     *Subject:* [Gdal-dev] Google Earth
> >
> >     I just figured out that Google Earth (a.k.a. Keyhole) uses gdal and
> >     proj.  That is pretty impressive.  Way to go Frank.
> >
> >
> >
> >     Martin
> >     [Norman Barker]
> >
> >
> >
> >     Hi Martin,
> >
> >
> >
> >     don't disbelieve you at all, but how did you work this out?  It
> >     would make an even more convincing argument to my bosses if I could
> >     show them Google Earth as an example!
> >
>
> Yes, good point. It could be helpful for me too.
>
> >     Congrats to Frank.
> >
>
> No discussion about that! Congrats!
>
> Cheers
>
> --
> Mateusz Łoskot
> http://mateusz.loskot.net
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