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3D visualization solutions, specialising in spatial database-enabled interactive virtual worlds
that can be displayed in PCs, interactive outdoor panels, mobile phones and PDAs.
http://www.ydreams.com
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Applet for Choropleth Maps and Cartograms
A free Java applet for unclassed choropleth maps and cartograms (continous area and circle). Data:
.txt, geometry: .shp and other formats. Thematic generalization by a polygon filter.
http://www.mapresso.com
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Atoll Land Surface
Suite of 3D surface building and viewing programs designed for people with a CAD background.
http://www.atoll-geocad.com/landsurf.htm
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EDGE Product Family
A set of visualization and analysis tools for creating synthetic environments.
http://washops.boeing.com/products/index.cfm?content=edge_pf
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GeoView 3D
Interactive real-time visualization and spatial analysis. Features support for virtual reality, 3D
digitizing, hypermaps, and TIN generation. [Windows]
http://www.geoanalytika.com/geoview3d.html
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3D Nature LLC
World Construction Set and Visual Nature Studio are photorealistic modeling, rendering and
animation of landscape elements. Foresters, Land Planners, Golf Course Architects, Cartographers,
Natural Resource Managers and others rely on these software products. [Win32, PowerMac, DEC Alpha]
http://www.3DNature.com
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CarteGraph
Public works and utilities software designed for maintaining transportation and water systems.
http://www.cartegraph.com/
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SCS Mothership
Proprietary terrain visualization graphics engine designed to be embedded in 3rd party systems.
Claims that 2000km2 terrains can be interacted with at speeds > 60 fps. Export restrictions
may apply.
http://www.scs-mothership.com/
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STEMgis
STEMgis is a 4D spatio-temporal GIS that lets you archive, visualize, analyse and publish any
geographic data including those that vary through 3D space and time.
http://www.stemgis.co.uk
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TerraTools
A tool set for constructing virtual worlds from standard cartographic data sources using Integrated
Triangulated Irregular Network (ITIN) and intelligent feature generalization (maintains topology).
[IRIX, NT/2k]
http://www.terrasim.com/products.html
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Fledermaus - from Interactive Visualization Systems
Interactive 3D data visualization system that is used for a variety of applications including swath
bathymetry editing and quality control, environmental impact assessment, mining, geology, cable
laying and dredge planning. [OpenGL; Unix, NT/2k/XP]
http://www.ivs.unb.ca/products/fledermaus/
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GISAR Project
Open source GIS visualization program to created 2D,3D dynamic models of real objects.
http://gisar.sourceforge.net
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CommunityViz
ArcGIS and ArcView extensions providing decision support for planning and resource management.
Software enables quantitative impact analysis and visualization of alternatives in 2D and 3D.
http://www.communityviz.com/
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MAPSLab Research: Spatial Databases and Visual Simulation
Automated construction of virtual worlds using spatial databases.
http://www.maps.cs.cmu.edu/research/databases.html
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Geospatial Explorer
3D Environmental Modeling Software, FIELDS (Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision
Support) 3D Viewer
http://www.cyze.com/
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hftools Page - Landscape Utilities for Unix
Tools for creation, manipulation, and rendering of virtual landscapes. (free, with code) [unix]
http://mark.technolope.org/pages/hftools.html
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TopoWeb DEM Quick Start
Tutorial for 3D landscape visualization utilising USGS DEM files and the 3Dem program.
http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~dha5446/topoweb/demquick.html
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My3D, LLC
Custom data conversion and visualization solutions, specializing in terrain, instrumentation, and
infrastructure applications, using programming and commercial off the shelf tools.
http://www.my3d.com/
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NetVis Module - Dynamic Visualization of Social Networks
The NetVis Module is an open source web-based tool for researchers to simulate, analyze, and
visualize social networks using data from online surveys, imported csv files, and electronic
discussion groups.
http://www.netvis.org/
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Virtual Field Course
Distributed java based visual environment for exploring spatially referenced information. In
development.
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/vfc/
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3D visualization software for GIS data
openGL 3D GIS data viewer with real time animation, zoom, and Fly-by capabilities. [Windows]
http://www.msmacrosystem.nl/Ilwis/IlwisHome.html
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Ecomodeler
Converts geographic and forestry attribute information directly into World Construction Set
compatible data. [Win9x/NT/2k, WCSv5-SE]
http://viewscape3d.com/
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ERDAS Imagine + Virtual GIS
Brings realtime 3D visualization capabilities to the commercial image processing / remote sensing
suite IMAGINE. [NT/2k,SGI,unix]
http://www.erdas.com/software/ProductModules.asp?SubGroupID=513&GroupID=1
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Genesis II
Photorealistic landscape rendering application using ArcView or MapInfo data for precise placement
of trees, and roads. [Windows]
http://www.geomantics.com/genesisII.html
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3D Analyst
An ArcView extension to enable generic surface modelling, including support for triangulated
irregular networks (TINs) and simple three-dimensional vector geometry, as well as interactive
perspective viewing. [ArcView 3.x, Unix or NT]
http://www.esri.com/software/arcview/extensions/3dext.html
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Landscape Explorer 2000
Interactive 3D viewer with a focus on accurate rendition rather than photorealism. Free for
non-commercial and educational use - requires registration for commercial users.
http://www.geomantics.com/le2000.html
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Digital Earth
An initiative to create virtual representation of our planet that enables a person to explore and
interact with the vast amounts of natural and cultural information gathered about the Earth.
Sponsored by United States federal government.
http://www.digitalearth.gov/
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SINTEF Virtual Globe
A Java client-server application for displaying very large (global scale) terrain models. (free,
with code) [unix, win32]
http://globe.sintef.no/
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Satellite Tool Kit - Visualization Option (STK/VO)
A 3D visualization environment providing a view of mission and orbit geometries by displaying
realistic 3D views of space, airborne and terrestrial assets, sensor projections, and orbit
trajectories. [NT, Unix]
http://www.stk.com/products/explore/products/vo_prod_desc.cfm?cfid=1050479&cftoken=55132279
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TerrainView
Interactive realtime 3D terrain viewer with the ability to overlay orthophotos, satellite images
and vector data. [Win98/Me/NT/2k]
http://www.viewtec.ch/techdiv/terrainview_e.html
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Technical Division - ViewTec Ltd.
Desktop and web-based software for real-time interactive 3D terrain modelling, from broad country
wide scales to focussed urban areas, virtual tourism and real estate. [Win98/Me/NT/2k]
http://www.viewtec.ch/techdiv/techdiv_e.html
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Virtual Frontier - Spatial Insights, Inc.
Combine terrain visualization and thematic mapping in a dynamic 3D environment, allowing you to
navigate geospatial data in near-real or real time. [Win9x/NT]
http://www.spatialinsights.com/software/plugins/nw/vfrontier/
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ShapeViz
A simple program geared towards people who don't know about GIS to view multiple Shape files Can
export to Virtual Reality Markup Language. [Win98/NT]
http://www.my3d.com/ShapeViz.htm
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TruFlite's 3D World
3D landscape rendering system to create animations and high resolution images of landscapes.
[Win3.x/95/NT]
http://www.truflite.com/
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TFMAKE
A console program to retrieve USGS DEMs from online servers, get the corresponding texture from the
U.S. Bureau of Census server and adapt the two data sources such that they fit together perfectly
as elevation.tga and texture.tga.
http://www.truflite.com/text/demo.htm#TFMAKE
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Digital Earth: TerraVision
Navigate in real time across terrabyte-sized distributed datasets from multiple servers across the
Web, 3-D VRML and GeoVRML overlays, different size, resolution, and coordinate system are
supported. (free, with code) [SGI, Linux, Windows; client-server architecture]
http://www.ai.sri.com/TerraVision/
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Rez
A java tool for translating topological grids and generating multiresolution 3D terrains optimised
for web browsing.
http://www.surak.com.au/~chris/vrml/RezIndex.html
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tsmApi
Tile Set Manager (TSM) Application Programming Interface (API) is an Open Source library of high
level C functions for reading, writing, and processing the terrain data used by the TerraVision
terrain visualization application. The library acts as an abstraction layer between the application
program and the terrain data
http://www.tsmapi.com/
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TerrainBaseII
A version of MicroDEM specialized for miltary applications.
http://www.wood.army.mil/TVC/
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OpenEV
An open source library and reference application for viewing and analysing raster and vector
geospatial data. Handles raster and vector data, 2d and 3d display, and other image processing
tools. (free, with code) [Win32, Unix, SGI]
http://openev.sourceforge.net/
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MicroDEM
Display and merge DEMs, satellite imagery, scanned maps, vector data and GIS databases from a
variety formats. Supports multiple projections, file conversion (read & write) and 3D views.
[Win9x/Me/NT/2k]
http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem.htm
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SiteBuilder 3D
An ArcView v3.x extension which promises a "highly realistic, fully interactive, realtime 3D
environment". The Spatial and 3D Analyst extensions are recommended but not required. [Windows
NT/2k]
http://www.sitebuilder3d.com/
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EarthVision by Dynamic Graphics Inc.
Software for 3D terrain model building and visualization. Example uses are accurate well
positioning, reservoir characterization, and environmental analysis. [WinNT/2k,Unix,SGI]
http://www.dgi.com/earthvision/index.shtml
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DEMViewer
A digital elevation model viewer for ArcInfo Grid ASCII export files. Can combine it with other
data such as other DEMs and/or Jpeg/Gif images. (free, with code) [Java]
http://www.geogr.uni-jena.de/~p6taug/demviewer/
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Terraform
Open source interactive height field generation and manipulation program with realtime preview.
[unix]
http://terraform.sourceforge.net/
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TopoVista
3D viewer that allows user to interactively walk or fly on a surface defined by a DEM.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/topovista/
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Kashmir 3D
Generate photo-realistic images and movies of landscapes using Digital Elevation Model files from
the United States Geological Survey and the Swiss Federal Office of Topography. [Win 95/98/NT]
http://www.kashmir3d.com/index-e.html
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Terrain Visualization for KDE
A Linux program for displaying United States Geological Survey DEMs.
http://www.mindspring.com/~jamoyers/kdem/
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LandSerf
Software for visualisation and analysis of continuous terrain surfaces.
http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~jwo/landserf/
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GeoVRML.org
Website of the official Web3D Consortium working group, with the goal of developing tools and
recommended practice for the representation of geographical data using the Virtual Reality Modeling
Language (VRML).
http://www.geovrml.org/
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Digital Terrain Modeling and Mapping
Provides information about generating 3D digital terrain models and maps, free data and software.
Several SDTS file conversion utilities available for download.
http://terrainmap.com/
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Geomantics
Provide photorealistic landscape services and develop visualization software for same.
http://www.geomantics.com/
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Optiroads
Software for engineering and building related to roads.
http://www.optimization.co.il/
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Rapid Imaging Software: LandForm
Realistic flight and terrain visualization with full 6 degrees of freedom of motion. Features
simultaneous 3-D view and map views, and saving flights as movies or VRML files. [Windows]
http://www.landform.com/
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FAA Obstacle Evaluation Software
Analysis software for design of tall architectural structures compliant to aviation regulations.
http://airspaceusa.com/
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3D Graphical Map Viewer (g3DGVM)
A free 3D viewer for Digital Elevation Model (DEM ) and Digital Line Graphs (DLG ) maps. (free,
with code) [linux, requires GTK+]
http://g3dgmv.sourceforge.net/
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Golden Software
Offers Surfer and MapViewer software programs.
http://www.golden.com/
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Virtual Terrain Project
Promotes development of tools for constructing any part of the real world in interactive, 3D
digital form. CAD, GIS, visual simulation, surveying and remote sensing. (free, with code) [win32,
unix]
http://vterrain.org/
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