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I'd like to have something similar to Google Earth embedded into an iOS app, which will involve a 3D interactive globe with hotspots that can link to whatever I choose.
Unfortunately, Google Earth's API and the OpenGL platform are not supported in iOS. I've searched the web for other APIs or platforms to work with but to no success. Any tips from developers that have worked on similar projects?
OpenGL is most certainly supported in iOS (OpenGL ES, the mobile version of OpenGL.) I'm working on an OpenGL-based app right now. In fact, it is the underlying graphics system the whole OS is based on.
I'm not sure about the Google Earth API however.
You could write your own graphics engine that would map tiled images of the earth onto a spherical shape as textures, but it would be a pretty big job. Plus, you'd need a source of the images used.
Hi, I make WhirlyGlobe. It's exactly what you're looking for. Check out the WhirlyGlobe Component, a nice simple Objective-C wrapper on top of the more complex WhirlyGlobe API. http://mousebird.github.com/WhirlyGlobe/
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I'm not sure about the Google Earth API however.
You could write your own graphics engine that would map tiled images of the earth onto a spherical shape as textures, but it would be a pretty big job. Plus, you'd need a source of the images used.
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