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FalconView^®

FalconView^®

FalconView is a PC based Mapping Application developed by the Georgia Tech Research Institute for the Department of Defense.

The software is widely used by the US DoD and Allied countries, but historically it has not been available to the general public. Thanks to an initiative by the US Air Force, we have begun releasing a Free and Open Source version of FalconView under the terms of the GNU LGPL license. To get started with the Open Source release see our Feature Matrix, Screen Shots, and Quick Start Guide.

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Notice to DoD Personnel

The Department of Defense has not authorized FalconView Open Source to be installed on any DoD computer, and specifically may not be used by any DoD entity for mission planning. DoD (and federal Agencies) should use FalconView^® (a GOTS product) as part of the official PFPS suite, released and freely available to all US Federal Agencies and the DoD. PFPS/FalconView Downloads are obtained from individual service desks (see:FrequentlyAskedQuestion), individual service portals, or the PFPS program office.

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Third Party Developer Information

The FVDev area contains information about developing tools to PlugIn to FalconView or which work with FalconView.
The Software Development Kit contains all of the documentation on the APIs used to create plug-ins or programmatically share data with FalconView from other software as well as the File Formats of most FalconView data sources.
The Software Development forum allows you to post questions and answers about FalconView development.
The FvwWizards section contains Visual Studio Wizards to get you started creating plug-ins to FalconView using C# and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 2010.
The Source Code for FalconView can be retrieved from our repository using Subversion (svn co http://www.falconview.org/svn/FalconView/branches/4.2.1/public)
A list of contributors to FalconView
Integrators (GFE and Open Source) are now required to credit/show the FalconView Logo and Georgia Tech Research Institute logo and names. Proudly show your support for FalconView!

If you have a plug-in for FalconView that you would like us to share, please contact us.

FvMobile Is Under Development

Stay tuned for further information which will be posted after Spring Break. Send input/suggestions to daniel.longhurst@gtri.gatech.edu

Developer Training

GTRI, in partnership with Georgia Tech Professional Education (DLPE), offers a FalconView Developer Certificate Program with public course offerings on the Georgia Tech campus. Customized on-site training (including international users) is also available for software developers integration with FalconView. For information on the various training opportunities contact daniel.longhurst@gtri.gatech.edu

Upcoming courses

Creating Integrated Overlays in FalconView April 15/16th (International) http://www.pe.gatech.edu/courses/creating-integrated-overlays-falconview The first course covers integration of external applications via ILayer Clients and Basic ILayerEditor implementation. Quickly create geo-referenced views of your data inside of FalconView.

FalconView Advanced Overlays April 17/18th (International) http://www.pe.gatech.edu/courses/falconview-advanced-overlays Continuing with ILayerEditor integrations and drawing faster graphics by taking advantage of ILayerEditor3. Moving map feeds and time sensitive overlays are also covered.

FalconView™ FvOverlay PlugIn Architecture April 30-May 1 (International) http://www.pe.gatech.edu/courses/falconview-fvoverlay-plugin-architecture FalconView 4.2.1 introduced a new set of interfaces for creating overlays. The interfaces replace the ILayer/ILayerEditorX methodology of overlay implementation. Like !ILayerEditor3, the overlay is expected to draw directly to the screen. The big change is the overlay organization into a host of interfaces simplifying the design. For the first time, general Tools Menu items can also be added for custom data utilities, etc.