Dear all,

I am to develop an applet application that makes use of OpenGL and
much of the data used in the application will be transferred using
internet.

Specifically the application is supposed to be something like Google
Earth application with limited features and usability in a scaled down
mode.

My query is regarding the platform that would be best suited to
develop such an application. I am almost a novice and plan to learn
and explore on my way. I tried dabbling in OpenGL with C and was able
to come across some good help regarding OpenGL, but had problems in
finding help with the part where I would interact over internet.

Would VC++ would be a good choice or something related with Java would
be better? I tried googling it up but came up with very little help,
guess I am not even being able to phrase my problem properly. Any help
or pointer in the right direction will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Gaurav

"Gaurav" <selfishgaurav@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Dear all,
>
> I am to develop an applet application that makes use of OpenGL and
> much of the data used in the application will be transferred using
> internet.
>
> Specifically the application is supposed to be something like Google
> Earth application with limited features and usability in a scaled down
> mode.
>
> My query is regarding the platform that would be best suited to
> develop such an application. I am almost a novice and plan to learn
> and explore on my way. I tried dabbling in OpenGL with C and was able
> to come across some good help regarding OpenGL, but had problems in
> finding help with the part where I would interact over internet.
>
> Would VC++ would be a good choice or something related with Java would
> be better? I tried googling it up but came up with very little help,
> guess I am not even being able to phrase my problem properly. Any help
> or pointer in the right direction will be highly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Gaurav

Look at the JOGL (Java OpenGL) demos page. You can run games & 
google-earth(tm)-like stuff immediately off of the demo page.

jbw

Thanks a ton. My bit of research too points in the direction of JOGL.
There even is a cool application called 'World Wind' developed by NASA
that is supposed to be open source adn would be a perfect learning
tool for me.

I hope I shall have all the help I need from this group, as I always
have.

Cheers,
Gaurav