====== NG3DV ======

☛ **Position**: **Software Architect & Lead Developer**\\
☛ **Schedule**: Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2011\\
☛ **Client**: [[http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10002/|German Aerospace Center (DLR)]]\\
☛ **Team size**: 2 people

===== Project description =====

NG3DV was built as the successor to the [[public:work:satviz:satviz|SatViz project]] described below. The goal was to re-implement the simulation system with a unified and simplified architecture, using updated technologies to improve the overall robustness, usability and performance level.

The project was structured as a framework that could be extended with different plugins. It provided all important sub-projects supported in SatViz, and was also extended with more sub-projects such as:
  * Mars Express,
  * TET satellite,
  * UAV simulator

This software also introduced many new features such as: 
  * Advanced shader effects,
  * Earth map providers integration,
  * Large scale environment simulation,
  * Multi-window display, etc.

===== Responsibilities & Achievements =====

  * I initiated and defined the complete software architecture.
  * I upgraded the OSG based 3D engine created for SatViz and integrated it into a wxWidget based application.
  * I gathered significant experience with:
    * GUI development, 
    * Networking protocols,
    * Project management,
    * OpenSceneGraph framework & GLSL shaders,
    * Online Earth Map services
  * I implemented advanced features on the 3D engine such as:
    * Retrieval of Microsoft Virtual Earth imagery and NASA World Wind elevation layers,
    * Complex shading effects (atmospheric scattering, realistic ocean, etc)
    * Orbit propagation and footprint projection on Earth,
    * Video streaming support with ffmpeg
    * Integration in web page with a java applet
    * License management and encryption

⇒ The NG3DV software replaced the SatViz installations and was used during many years for public demonstration and satellite monitoring. This re-newed system overpassed initial expectations and offered astonishing new capabilities such as handling more than 1000 satellites with precise positioning concurrently.

===== Skills & Techs =====

  * **OpenSceneGraph**
  * **osgEarth**
  * **C++**
  * **wxWidgets**
  * **GLSL**
  * **3DS Max**
  * **Java**
  * **Visual Studio**
  * **CMake**
  * **SVN**

===== Links =====

  * [[https://www.gmv-insyen.com/product_sat-viz.html|Official GMV INSYEN SatViz/NG3DV webpage]]

===== Images =====

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Simulation of Arine launch - launch pad
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Simulation of Arine launch - starting launch
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Simulation of Arine launch - initial climbing
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Simulation of Arine launch - reaching space
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Satellite view in ariane launcher
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NG3DV integrated editor
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NG3DV dual viewport display with ISS and Columbus views
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Full screen ISS view
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Experimental ocean rendering system
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Initial TAMER project display for WESCAM
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Final TAMER project display for WESCAM
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More complete TAMER project display for WESCAM
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Multiple tests running in the NG3DV framework
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Webbrowser integration in the NG3DV framework
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