From d50027e403305c1463c1b7209b790dcd45fc54b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Vanhoren Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 09:20:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] readme --- README.md | 4 +++- package.json | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c4b5d93..5b2b89c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ A library to convert between EGM96-relative altitudes and WGS84 ellipsoid-relative altitudes. +Works both in the browser and node.js, you can test the result on [the demo page](https://nicolas-van.github.io/egm96-universal/). + It uses the EGM96 sample data file provided by the [NGA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency) to lookup reference mean sea level and performs bilinear interpolation on the result. This library is automatically tested by CI on [the reference implementation in Fortran](https://earth-info.nga.mil/GandG/wgs84/gravitymod/egm96/binary/binarygeoid.html). -Works both in the browser and node.js, you can test the result on [the demo page](https://nicolas-van.github.io/egm96-universal/). +This project was initially created to allow usage of KML files (that use EGM96 as reference according to the [specification](https://www.ogc.org/standards/kml), just like Google Earth) in [Cesium](https://cesium.com/index.html). It should work for any similar task that necessitate conversion between the two references. ## Usage diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index d63562c..e6567d2 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ "wgs84", "ellipsoid", "coordinate", - "altitude" + "altitude", + "earth", + "gravity", + "model", + "1996", + "cesium" ], "author": "Nicolas Vanhoren", "license": "MIT",