Virtual Globe configuring

[Jørn Vegard Røsnes]

Rune Aasgaard sent me this link for distribution here:

http://globe.sintef.no/documentation/configuring.html

cheers
Jørn

On Thursday 16 February 2006 10:34, Sebastian Albrecht wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> relating to the discussion about Virtual Globe yesterday I wrote Rune
> Aasgaard how to configure external WMS servers into Virtual Globe.
>
> Below is what he replied.
>
> Best regards
>
> Sebastian
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Virtual Globe and personal WMS servers
> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:03:52 +0100
> From: Rune Aasgaard <rune.aasgaard at sintef.no>
> Organization: SINTEF
> To: Sebastian Albrecht <albrecht at fielax.de>
> References: <43F327FA.2060803 at fielax.de>
>
>
> If we start with the common "Start Globe" URL...
>
> http://globe.sintef.no/VirtualGlobeStarter.cgi?name=Europe&dataset=http://g
>lobe.sintef.no/globe.vgml&viewpoint=4.787607927703958,27.52509436526137,3178
>271.6469249073,0.39637688320507086,-60.09160309417106
>
> ... you'll find a referencee to a "dataset" (the globe.vgml file).
> Download that file and save it to your disk. Or, alternatively, download
> the commented version:
>
> http://globe.sintef.no/globe-commented.vgml
>
> Open it in your favorite text editor and try to add a WMS following the
> pattern of the ones in the configuration file (you'll get some hints in
> the commented version). The WMS server must be visible from the Globe
> server, as all WMS images are forst downloaded to the globe server,
> transformed, converted and cached there (so that when somebody has visited
> a WMS map it is readily accessible for others also), and then sent to the
> client.
>
> The .vgml file only needs to be visible from your globe client.
>
> Try this and report success/failure to me!