TerrainView-Globe
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| TerrainView-Globe | |
 Screenshot TerrainView-Globe |
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| Maintainer: | ViewTec AG, Switzerland |
| Stable release: | 3.4 [+/-] |
| Preview release: | --- [+/-] |
| OS: | Windows 2000/XP |
| Use: | Virtual Globe Solution |
| License: | With costs |
| Website: | http://www.viewtec.ch |
TerrainView-Globe is a virtual globe. It allows the visualization of complex 3D geographical data across the entire globe. Special effects included in a spherical earth presentation enable the creation of realistic volumetric clouds, blending of multiple geographical data sets and the visualization of different planets (i.e. Mars). 3D data can be viewed on a local machine or via web stream. It runs on Windows 2000 and Windows XP and belongs to the TerrainView Software Suite.
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[edit] Releases
TerrainView-Globe Professional: For small and medium sized organizations. Typical examples are architecture and engineering professionals.
TerrainView-Globe Enterprise: For large organizations and enterprises, for governments and homeland security organizations, defence, United Nations peacekeeping missions, international and multinational companies, financial institutions, energy companies and airlines.
[edit] Functions
TerrainView-Globe supports current geographical data and 3D formats and offers functions like:
- Moving Map - Select a position in the 2D-map view and get the matching 3D perspective)
- Easy Navigation with several modes: Fly-, View-, Explore-Mode
- Dynamic Objects
- 3D-Measurement
- Flight Path
- POI
- Movie Export
- Scalable Screenshot (the image resolution can be defined and is only restricted by the power of graphic memory)
- Daytime/Seasons
- Sky
- Distance Fog
- Volumetric Clouds
- Rain, Snow
[edit] Main Focus
The main focus of TerrainView is the professional use for technical/scientific and security relevant fields like:
- Engineering
- Design & Construction
- Defence
- Security
- Design
- Research and Development
- Petroleum- and Gas Industries
- Tourism
- Insurances
- TV/Broadcast
- Crisis/Catastrophe Management
- Flight Simulation
Included features are Remote Sensing- and GIS-Applications (Erdas Imagine, ArcGIS, or ER Mapper), CAD-Tools (MicroStation, AutoCAD) and 3D-Products (3ds Max, Maya, Cinema4D). An easy navigation and a simple Workflow enable the user to create 3D-interactive visualizations and presentations quickly.
[edit] Supported Data Formats
In addition to the TerrainView data formats TerrainView-Globe supports the integration of Remote Sensing, GIS - and CAD-Data.
[edit] Digital Elevation Models
- Arc/Info ASCII
- Arc/Info Binary (.adf)
- USGS SDTS DEM (*CATD.DDF)
- TIFF / GeoTIFF (.tif)
- Military Elevation Data (.dt0, .dt1)
- USGS ASCII DEM (.dem)
- Atlantis MFF
- VTP Binary Terrain Format (.bt)
[edit] Image Formats
- ERMapper Compressed Wavelets (.ecw)
- TIFF / GeoTIFF (.tif)
- Erdas Imagine (.img)
- JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)
- JPEG JFIF (.jpg)
- Multiresolution Seamless Image Database (MrSID)
[edit] Vector- and Annotation
- Arc/Info Binary Coverage
- ESRI Shapefile
- Mapinfo File
- MicroStation DGN
- U.S. Census TIGER/Line
[edit] Online Support
Viewtec supports its products in an online user forum.
[edit] TerrainView Software Suite
The TerrainView Software Suite consists of the following products:
- TerrainView-Lite - Free of charge 3D-Viewer
- TerrainView - VR-Editor/Viewer for 3D-Geo- and Design Data (price on request)
- TerrainView-Globe - Virtual Globe-Solution (price on request)
Add-On Modules
- TerrainView-Remote Control - enables the user to integrate real time data feeds or dynamic creation of objects
- TerrainView-CMAX - multi-channel solution
- TerrainView-Video - high resolution video export at any frame rate
- TerrainView-Web - free browser plug-in for Netscape, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer
[edit] Company
The ViewTec, founded in 1998, is a spin-off company emerging from the University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science, Switzerland. The qualifications of the ViewTec AG are:
- 3D-SW-Developement (VR-, Immersive-Applications, Virtual Globe-Solutions, Simulation, Remote Sensing)
- 3D-Services (Construction of streaming Digital Terrain and Landscape models, hosting of streaming data)
- 3D-Visualization- Science/Technique
- Online support http://www.viewtec.ch/forum
[edit] See also
- TerrainView - VR-Editor/Viewer for 3D-Geo- and Design Data
- TerrainView-Lite - 3D-Viewer
- NASA World Wind
- Google Earth
