Documentation

Basics

• Introduction - osgEarth: what it is, and what it isn't.
• Creating maps - How to configure your own map with a .earth XML file.
• Earth file reference - A detailed description of all the available options of an XML Earth file.
• Drivers - A reference for each of the data sources osgEarth supports and how to configure each one in a .earth file.
• Features & Symbology - A reference guide to symbolizing vector feature data.
• Caching - Techniques for maximizing performance by configuring disk-based tile caches.

Development

• Developer Guide - How to integrate osgEarth into your OpenSceneGraph application.
• Upgrading - Tips for upgrading from and older version of osgEarth.

How-To's

• HOW TO make parametric buldings from footprint geometry.
• HOW TO manage very large feature sets with paging and level of detail control.
• HOW TO load a KML or KMZ file?.
• HOW TO Generate a Tiled Feature Service(TFS) dataset for managing large feature sources.

Data

• Finding Data - Links of publicly available sources of geospatial data.
• Prepping your own data - Tips on how to prepare your own geospatial data for use in osgEarth

Support

• FAQ - Answers to common questions.
• About - License, maintainers, version release notes.