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Visualization resources

Dynamic Graphics, Inc.

Makers of EarthVision, a commercial 3D geospatial analysis and visualization package.

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]

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+]

FAA Obstacle Evaluation Software

Analysis software for design of tall architectural structures compliant to aviation regulations.

Optiroads

Software for engineering and building related to roads.

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.

LandSerf

Software for visualisation and analysis of continuous terrain surfaces.

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]

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]

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]

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.

TruFlite's 3D World

3D landscape rendering system to create animations and high resolution images of landscapes. [Win3.x/95/NT]

3D visualization software for GIS data

openGL 3D GIS data viewer with real time animation, zoom, and Fly-by capabilities. [Windows]

Geospatial Explorer

3D Environmental Modeling Software, FIELDS (Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support) 3D Viewer

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.

GISAR Project

Open source GIS visualization program to created 2D,3D dynamic models of real objects.

CarteGraph

Public works and utilities software designed for maintaining transportation and water systems.

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]

Applet for Choropleth Maps and Cartograms

A free Java applet for unclassed choropleth maps and cartograms (continuous area and circle). Data: .txt, geometry: .shp and other formats. Thematic generalization by a polygon filter.

IDV Solutions

Provides web tools and custom web solutions that enable companies to visually render, analyze and manipulate data using intuitive maps and intelligent graphics.

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).