Grits is a Virtual Globe library using GTK+ and OpenGL. It is used as the rendering engine for AWeather.
| Tags | OpenGL GIS virtual globe geoscience |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPLv3 |
| Operating Systems | Linux Windows |
| Implementation | C GTK+ OpenGL |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release adds a new GritsLine object, support for image icons in markers, mercator projections in tiles, and tile map services such as OpenStreetMap, and various bugfixes and minor enhancements.


Release Notes: Several crashes related to mouse handling on 64-bit systems were fixed.


Release Notes: Mouse support has been greatly improved. In particular, Grits now supports "mouse picking", which allows objects to be selected using mouse over and mouse click events.


Release Notes: libgis has been renamed to Grits. Support has been added for volume and polygon rendering. Refactored OpenGL/Objects rendering. GtkGLExt has been dropped in favor of setting up OpenGL manually.


Release Notes: Improved compatibility with older versions of glib.