open-dis / open-dis-javascript

Javascript implementation of the IEEE-1278.1 Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) application protocol v6 and v7

Open DIS for Javascript

Introduction

A Javascript implementation of DIS that decodes IEEE 1278.1 binary data format messages and turns them into Javascript objects.

This library is intended to be used on the client side with the websocket receiving data. The web socket hands off an event message with binary data attached, and the javascript library decodes it and turns it into a javascript object.

The code also includes some simple coordinate system transforms to change DIS world coordinates to (lat, lon, alt) or to a position in a local tanget plane coordinate system.

Build

To generate a single dis6.min.js and dis7.min.js from the source files, run the following command:

$ npm install

Release

Releases are published to http://npmjs.com/package/open-dis

1. $ npm login
2. $ npm version <version-to-be-released>
3. $ npm publish
4. $ git push
5. $ git push --tags
6. Draft a new GitHub Release for this tag.

Examples

Example code using this library for sending and receiving DIS packets with Node.js can be found here: https://github.com/keckxde/node-disnetworkclient