The SIMDIS Software Development Kit (SDK) is an open source C++ framework providing functionality to create 3D scenes consisting of objects, whose position and state change with time, that are placed relative to a geographic map. The primary modules provided by the SDK supply functionality to manage object position/state data, update object position/state data as time changes, and render 3D representations of objects within a 3D scene. Secondary modules provide utilities for parsing SIMDIS data files, performing coordinate system conversions, object state vector computations, and data metric calculations.
The intent of the SIMDIS SDK is to provide a C++ framework to be used by third party developers to incorporate functionality similar to that provided by the SIMDIS 3D Visualization and Analysis Toolkit within their own applications. The SIMDIS SDK serves as the basis for development of each new major SIMDIS release.
The SIMDIS SDK was developed by the Visualization Systems Integration branch of the Tactical Electronic Warfare Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. For more information visit:
https://simdis.nrl.navy.mil
The SIMDIS SDK provides support for loading all 3D model formats supported by OpenSceneGraph (OpenFlight, 3D Studio, Wavefront OBJ, etc), loading the SIMDIS .db Terrain and Imagery files, and streaming terrain and imagery data from the ReadyMap server product developed by Pelican Mapping using osgEarth.
You can find documentation for the SIMDIS SDK on the Read the Docs site.