FalconView In Linux (FalconViewLX) Daniel Longhurst & Steve Cuzzort Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) 24 August 2010

Why Linux? FalconView is widely used throughout the military for mission planning and GIS visualization But the user needs a Windows based computer Many embedded systems run Unix or Linux iPads, iPhones, and Android Phone all run Unix or Linux The Linux environment provides a common framework for many embedded platforms Many Unix and Linux distributions share common tools that simplify development and deployment to embedded systems

Project Goals Create a x86 Linux program that can read FalconView map types and have FalconView overlays that will run in Linux (Ubuntu 8.4 LTS) Determine what parts of FalconView are dependent on the Windows platform Determine how best to preserve the component structure of FalconView in the Linux platform Determine what frameworks and libraries are needed to create FalconView like usability on Unix and Linux platforms Port GUI to QT – a Unix and Linux Windowing and GUI toolkit Determine how to add GDAL support to FalconView in Linux GDAL is an open source GIS toolkit for Linux and windows Use open source software and open standards to replace proprietary components of FalconView such as GCC, make, KDevelop

Starting Point (’08-09’ IRAD) Limited Functionality Basic mapping engine and CADRG support only No Overlays Panning and Zooming supported Graphics supported by QT (owned by Nokia)

Current Progress #1 (‘10 IRAD) Added Local Points, and Moving Map overlays Added the ability to animate GPS trails Added a toolbar for FalconView like access to common overlays Added faster drawing and better mouse support Expanded Menu options Updated to latest version of QT (v4)

Current Progress #2 (‘10 IRAD) Modified FalconView in Linux code base to make it more similar to other cross platform projects FalconView in Linux split into several shared libraries to make the code base easier to manage Devised a common framework for all FalconView in Linux components to communicate with one another Even across network boundaries Added standard Linux installation procedure for FalconView in Linux

Current Progress #3 (‘10 IRAD) Replaced hard-coded coverage list with a SQLite database, which can be exported from FalconView SQLite is a file-based database engine that runs on Windows and most Unix and Linux flavors FalconView in Linux acts like a light-weight FalconView viewer than can be easily deployed to a number of embedded devices that run Unix and Linux By creating a new component using the SQLite database, it is possible to setup a remote map server that FalconView in Linux instances can connect to FalconView in Linux can request coverage information via XML over any standard network

What’s Next? Add full GDAL support to FalconView in Linux Port more map handlers to FalconView in Linux – Currenly only CADRG is supported Port more overlays to FalconView in Linux – Currently only Local Points and Moving Map are supported Network with FalconView users who want or need Linux support

FalconView In Linux Demonstration

FalconView for Linux Questions?