KML Importer. Shapes shaking

[davicentef]

Hi:

I´m developing using KML Importer.
I have seen some problem that I´d like to fix. I load a shape, like the example of the Pentagon, and it shows ok in the globe. But when I zoom in the shape, and I do some movement with the mouse, the shape shakes some second after the globe has stopped, like an earthquake.
Does it happends to anyone more? Do you know how to fix that or what is wrong??

Regards.

[remleduff]

I'm not sure what code you're referring to, but when I've had this problem it was a floating point precision issue.

The fix is to do your drawing near (0,0,0), because there is more precision available for smaller floating point values.

So, if you're drawing your model at (50000.00003, 50000.000002, 50000.000003), choose a "reference center" so that the model is near the origin (0,0,0). For this example, the reference center should obviously be (50000, 50000, 50000). The reference center doesn't need to be any particular value, just choose one that puts the majority of your model near the origin;

Vec4 referenceCenter = (50000, 50000, 50000);

// Then, subtract that from every point in your model

for (point : modelPoints) {
   newPoint.subtract3(referenceCenter);
}

try {
    // Move the origin to the reference center
    dc.getView().pushReferenceCenter(dc, referenceCenter);

    // Then draw your model (this should be with the transformed points):
    model.draw
}
finally {
   // Be sure to restore the original origin
   dc.getView().popReferenceCenter(dc);
}

[davicentef]

Thanks for the answer.
KML Importer is a project to use with WWJ, to load and show KML objects (http://code.google.com/intl/es-ES/ap...n/kml_tut.html).
I´m drawing with 0,0,0 like reference center. The problem happens with the examples of library too, so I suppose something is not completely right in there, but I don´t know what.
I don´t know if someone is using this library and has seen what I´m talking about.

[remleduff]

I'm familiar with KML, what KML importer project are you using, though?

[heidtmare]

If you are refering to this:
http://code.google.com/p/wwj-kml/
Its a third party contribution and You'd probably be better off posting your issue on its issue tracker.

If you mean this:
http://worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Add-on:KMLImporter
That is a plugin for the old C# WorldWind and the Java team wont be very helpful concerning it.


If its something else I'd like to know cause KML support in WWJ has been on the backburner for a while,
and the people who have implemented their own parsers only implement a tiny portion of the spec and
usually hide behind the "I cant release the source cause it was for a customer" wall.

[davicentef]

Thanks for the answer.
I´m using the first one, I´m developing in JAVA. It seems this project is very abandoned . In any case, I´ll post my issue there.
I suppose nobody has suffered this same problem or knows how to fix it, hasn´t it?

Regards

[davicentef]

I have improved the performance at least partially.
The problem appeared when I drag the mouse / the globe (with both buttoms). But it didn´t happen when I zoom in/out.

The partial solution that I have applied, with MouseListener, when a button is released, I execute this code:

Robot robotic = new Robot();
robotic.mouseWheel(1);
robotic.mouseWheel(-1);


It doesn´t anything apparently, but the strange movement stop.
If someone find a better way, please, tell me.

Regards.