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General CMake cleanup/overhaul * Enable precompiled headers for all projects * Move specifications itto separate CMakeLists files * Add openspace-core as a subdirectory * Move handle_modules functionality into modules/CMakeLists.txt * Move handleapplications logic into apps/CMakeLists.txt * Introduce openspace-module-collection interface library to simplify inclusion of modules in applications * Turn module initialization into a two-step process to adapt to the new minimal dependency scenario * Compile time speedup * Remove circular dependencies between modules and core preventing multithreaded compilation on MSVC * Build Spice multithreaded and as static library * Remove dependency from core to module-webbrowser * Remove unused dependency from kameleon * Remove additional unnecessary dependencies * Cleanup volume/kameleon/kameleonvolume modules * Fix visibility issues. Restrict include paths * Compile kameleon in parallel * Other cleanup * Only copy CEF files from one target (hard-coded to OpenSpace right now) * Remove unused instrumentation code * Remove the ability to render AABB for globes as it caused a circular dependency between GlobeBrowsing and Debugging * Removing compiler and cppcheck warnings * Turn almost all includes into non-system includes * Don't warn on deprecrated copy * Updated submodules
OpenSpace is an open source, non-commercial, and freely available interactive data visualization software designed to visualize the entire known universe and portray our ongoing efforts to investigate the cosmos. Bringing the latest techniques from data visualization research to the general public, OpenSpace supports interactive presentation of dynamic data from observations, simulations, and space mission planning and operations. The software works on multiple operating systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS) with an extensible architecture powering high resolution tiled displays and planetarium domes, making use of the latest graphic card technologies for rapid data throughput. In addition, OpenSpace enables simultaneous connections across the globe creating opportunity for shared experiences among audiences worldwide.
The project stems from the same academic collaboration between Sweden’s Linköping University (LiU) and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) that led to the creation of Uniview and its parent company SCISS. Development of the software began several years ago through a close collaboration with NASA Goddard’s Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC) to model space weather forecasting and continued with visualizations of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto and ESA’s Rosetta mission. This promising set of preliminary work provided a foundation for recent NASA funding, which has extended the collaboration to include the University of Utah’s Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, multiple informal science institutions across the United States, and multiple, international vendors. Current areas of focus within OpenSpace include:
- Visualization of dynamic simulations via interactive volumetric rendering, as a priority for communicating research in astrophysics.
- Utilization of NASA’s SPICE observational geometry system with its Planetary Data Service (PDS) to enable space mission visualization that reveal how missions are designed to gather science.
- Globe browsing techniques across spatial and temporal scales to examine scientific campaigns on multiple planets, including close up surface exploration.
OpenSpace requires graphics support for OpenGL version 3.3.
This repository contains the source code and example scenes for OpenSpace, but does not contain any data. To build and install the client, we refer to the OpenSpace Wiki, specifically building for Windows, Linux (Ubuntu), and MacOS. Required preexisting dependencies are: Boost and Qt. Feel free to create issues for missing features, bug reports, or compile problems or contact us via email.
Regarding any issues, you are very welcome on our Slack support channel to which you can freely sign-up.