plugins.md

List of plugins

Here lists all the current plugins that pass the compilation test, including core plugins and third party plugins. We don't make guarantee about the quality of any third party plugin.

According to their usage, plugins are divided into 6 catagories: Data, Draw, Measure, Effect, Analysis, Edit.

Data

Data plugins load and stylize external data.

Project Name	Description	Maintainer	Remark	Test
EarthDataInterface	Common interface for other data plugins that load osgEarth layers.	Atlas	core	✓
AddXYZData	Load image map from tiles services that match standard XYZ url pattern.	Atlas	core	✓
AddGDALData	Load local files (image, elevation, shape file) using GDAL.	Atlas	core	✓
AddTMSData	Load image or elevation map from Tile Map Service.	Atlas	core	✓
AddOGCData	Load data from WMS, WFS or WTS services.	Atlas	core	WMS✓
AddArcGISData	Load data from an ArcGIS server.	Atlas	core	Image✓
AddModel	Load common formats of models from file.	Atlas	core	✓
AddObliqueModel	Load oblique imagery models organized in *.osgb LOD tiles and annotated by a *.xml file.	tqjxlm		✓
AddPointCloud	Load point cloud data from a *.txt or *.las file.	TJoe	3rdparty

Draw

Draw plugins provide interactive drawing tools. They often act as base class for other plugins.

Project Name	Description	Maintainer	Remark	Test
DrawLine	Draw straight lines on the scene.	Atlas	core	✓
DrawSurfaceLine	Draw lines with elevations of the underlying terrain, eg. projected straight lines.	Atlas	core	✓
DrawPolygon	Draw filled polygons on the scene.	Atlas	core	✓
DrawSurfacePolygon	Project filled polygons to the underlying terrain.	Atlas	core	✓

Measure

Measure plugins provide interactive measure tools.

Project Name	Description	Maintainer	Remark	Test
MeasureLine	Measure distance over straight lines.	Atlas	core	✓
MeasureHeight	Measure heights.	Atlas	core	✓
MeasureArea	Measure area of a 2D polygon.	Atlas	core
MeasureTerrainArea	Measure area of all surfaces in a given region.	Atlas	core	✓
MeasureTerrainVolume	Measure volume between the model surface and a reference plane in a given region.	Atlas	core
SetRefPlane	Set a reference plane for volume measurements.	Atlas	core

Effect

Effect plugins provide visualization tools or view control.

Project Name	Description	Maintainer	Remark	Test
Locator	Navigate between coords by clicking or lat-lon location.	Atlas	core	✓
ModelPath	Add a model moving in a specified path.	Atlas	core
ShowWeather	Add several weather effect to the scene.	Atlas	core	✓
MultiView	Open multiple views that share the same scene and camera but show different contents.	Atlas	core	✓
ScreenShot	Export the current rendered scene as image.	Atlas	core	✓
TileSelect	Select tiles of oblique imagery models.	Atlas	core	✓
MeshMode	Switch render mode between Fill, Line or Point.	tqjxlm		✓
VRMode	Provide 3D view with VR devices supported by OpenVR SDK.	tqjxlm, fangd123	3rdparty

Analysis

Analysis plugins provide various GIS analysis tools.

Project Name	Description	Maintainer	Remark	Test
SlopAnalysis	Color the scene according to local slop.	Atlas	core	✓
VisibilityTest	Visibility test along a line segment.	tqjxlm		✓
VisibilityTestArea	Visibility test of one observation spot over an area.	tqjxlm		✓
DiffAnalysis	In MultiView mode, find the difference between two views.	tqjxlm
CrowdSimulation	Crowd simulation.	tqjxlm	3rdparty

Edit

Edit plugins provide tools to edit the scene and generate data products.

Project Name	Description	Maintainer	Remark	Test
OrthoMap	Generate an orthographic image or height map of the selected model or region.	tqjxlm		✓
ModelFlatten	Edit a model and make the selected area flatten to a specified height.	tqjxlm		✓