[x3d-public] GeoPlanets

[GPU Group]

Thanks Mike for the inside scoop.
-Doug


On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Mike McCann <mccann at mbari.org> wrote:

> > On May 13, 2018, at 5:39 PM, Andreas Plesch <andreasplesch at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > ...
> > My understanding is that the deprecation of GeoOrigin assumed that
> > browsers would be able to use internally high precision (with doubles
> > or better).
>
> In addition, it was assumed that browser would implement an internally
> managed local origin when needed for high precision. This approach was
> tested in xj3d.
>
> We decided to not deprecate GeoOrigin because few other browsers
> implemented an internally managed local origin and the perceived need to
> allow mashup of arbitrary Geospatial content was less than the need to have
> high precision in browsers for specific content.
>
> -Mike
>
> >
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> > Andreas Plesch
> > Waltham, MA 02453
> >
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