The WorldWide Telescope Developer tools enables the customization of data for both the WorldWide Telescope Windows Client and Web Control.

• Reproject image data into tile pyramids suitable for visualization in WorldWide Telescope.
• Turn global or local xyz data into image tile pyramids.
• Process Digital Elevation Models (DEM) into WWT compatible DEM tile pyramids
• Share the tile pyramids with your colleagues.
• Create your own community containing tours, data and links that your colleagues can easily access.
• Access the original ADK tools, i.e. the Sphere Toaster and the Study Chopper.

Install the new WWT SDK with data pipeline and original ADK tools

View the WWT SDK documentation

View the WWT SDK Fact Sheet (PDF)

• Add custom data to the Layer Manager of WorldWide Telescope.
• Connect your database and application specific processing with WorldWide Telescopes Visualization.
• Remoteley control WWT from other applications

View the Windows Client Layer Control API (LCAPI)

• Integrate WWT into your own web data portal.
• Build mashups to display your own interface and WorldWide Telescope.

View Web Control Script Reference

Click on one of the links below to launch the on-line documentation.

• View the Data Files Reference documentation
• View the Projection Reference documentation
• View the WorldWide Telescope Planetarium Reference documentation

• Download WWTRemote to control WWT display clusters (Old Versions 1.1.0)
• Download WWTRemote to control WWT display clusters (new Version 2.1.1)

To ask technical questions or to give us feedback on the SDK you can e-mail us at wwtefbk@microsoft.com.

You can also check out the Data Blog for tricks and tips on using the SDK and how to build communities here.