The TerraExplorer lightweight 3D GIS, Cesium-based viewer enables you to view and analyze high-resolution, stunningly realistic SkylineGlobe 3D content. The viewer is available either as a web app, or as a mobile native app for Android and iOS devices. These TerraExplorer apps can display most of your spatial databases including 3D city layers and feature layers, and they provide powerful tools to query, analyze and present your data on the go.
The TerraExplorer web and mobile apps integrate smoothly with the entire Skyline product line for easy access to all your data – from photo-realistic, geographically accurate terrain databases created in TerraBuilder to PhotoMesh’s high-resolution, textured, 3D mesh models. Moreover, the apps seamlessly access online data from Skyline’s SkylineGlobe server and other OGC-compliant servers, and quickly load online TerraExplorer projects.
Based on HTML5/WebGL standards, the TerraExplorer web app provides support for multiple platforms and browsers (Windows, Mac, Linux, and selected mobile devices, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer and more). The web app builds on standard Cesium support for imagery, elevation and KML layers.
The new TerraExplorer mobile app was built by wrapping the web app inside the shell of a native application, to produce a powerful mobile app whose GUI and functionality is nearly identical to that of the web app.
Product Capabilities
Explore Data - Explore data from SkylineGlobe server as well as user-loaded content: terrain, GIS feature layers, imagery and elevation raster layers, and urban model layers. Data is seamlessly fused for a photo-realistic visualization.
Measure and Analyze - Easily access distance and area measurement tools and graphic terrain profile for an enhanced understanding of the 3D environment.
Data Query – Search by address or point of interest, or perform a reverse search to enable you to quickly find and display the 3D environment information you require.
Optimized Performance - Fast loading times and smooth navigation.
Lightweight Online Viewer - Based on the HTML/WebGL standard, the TerraExplorer web app requires no plugin or application installation.
Multi-Platform, Multi-Browser - TerraExplorer web app provides support for multiple platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux and selected mobile devices) and multiple web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox and others).