Web World Wind is a 3D virtual globe API for HTML5 and JavaScript developed by NASA with support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and other partners. In this paper, the results of the first year for the on-going collaboration between ESA and NASA on Web World Wind development are presented, highlighting concrete examples built with the newly introduced features and putting them in relation to possible research and education use cases. Finally, the next steps and roadmap are briefly introduced.

WebWorldWind is a 3D virtual globe API for HTML5 and JavaScript developed by NASA with support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and other partners. In this paper, the results of the first year for the on-going collaboration between ESA and NASA on WebWorldWind development are presented, highlighting concrete examples built with the newly introduced features and putting them in relation to possible research and education use cases. Finally, the next steps and roadmap are briefly introduced.