Key Features:

• Efficient streaming for terrain and data overlays over any network.
• Provides all the tools necessary to create and publish rich, 3D terrain visualizations.
• Includes interactive drawing tools to create and add geometric shapes, user-defined objects, buildings, text, bitmaps and animations on a 3D terrain model.
• Generates and imports static and dynamic 2D or 3D objects, symbols and geo-referenced information layers.
• Loads standard online and offline GIS Layers.
• Saves layers to GIS standard file formats.
• Communicates with external local and web applications using standard COM interface. Controls all static and dynamic objects, information layers and application content.
• Robust set of tools for measurement and terrain analysis.
• Autopilot feature creates pre-defined routes for playback with TerraExplorer.
• Controls speed, altitude and viewing angle using any combination of the mouse, keyboard, and Flight Control Panel.
• Creates movies, as AVI or a set of frame files, from a recorded flight path.
• Takes snapshots of the 3D window and saves them to external files.
• Hyperlink feature links specific areas, or objects, to web pages, applications and databases.
• Integrates text and web content messages.
• Publishing tool exports scenes to Internet/Intranet users.
• Provides improved level of security for local and remote users.
• ActiveX Controls - Export the 3D view, information tree and side map windows as ActiveX controls.

Selected Tools:

• Imagery Layer:
  
  The Imagery Layer tool allows you to drape unlimited size satellite/aerial image files on your base terrain database. Using the Imagery Layer object you can instantly add new pieces of terrain images or update your project with the most updated images. You can add as many Imagery Layers to your project and show/hide each one at any point. The Imagery Layer object support the most common multi-resolution file formats (e.g. MrSid, ECW, Skyline's MPT/MPU). Any TerraExplorer viewer can display Imagery Layers added to the project.
  
  
• Video on Terrain:
  
  The Video on Terrain tool allows you add live or recorded video streams, captured by static or moving cameras, on the terrain. The video is projected on the terrain according to the position of the camera and the lens filed of view. In case the camera is moving (e.g. video from UAV) the Video object display each frame in a position according to the telemetry information.
  
  
  
  
• Terrain Extractor:
  
  Extract Terrain to MPT:
  The Terrain Extractor to MPT tool allows you to cut and download a subset of a local or remote MPT database to you local machine. Using the Terrain Extractor tool you can create a CD/DVD size terrain databases for distribution or even create a local MPT from a DirectConnect project. The extracted terrain is been built from a high-resolution polygon, a medium resolution rectangle surrounding the high-resolution area and a low-resolution area that always covers the entire terrain. You can control the size of the high- and medium-resolution areas and control the quality of all three areas.
  
  Extract Terrain to VRML:
  The Terrain Extractor to VRML tool allows you to cut and download a subset of a local or remote MPT database and buildings to you local machine as VRML model. This tool was optimized for 3D printing using ZCorp 3D printers and can also be used with any VRML viewer.
  
  
  
  
• Collaboration:
  
  The Collaborative Environment tool allows the user to fly jointly with other TerraExplorer users across a limited bandwidth TCP/IP framework. Users can lead, follow in real-time, interactive TerraExplorer Fly-through sessions, chat with other users, mark up areas on the terrain and toggle information layers for further analysis. The TerraExplorer Collaboration tool also optionally works with a Collaboration tool to the TerraGate server for an enterprise collaboration environment.
  
  
  
  
• Point Cloud:
  
  The Point Cloud tool allows you to add and edit a pre-processed point cloud model at any point in the 3D Terrain. These models are created from a list of points in a 3D area that are collected by various 3D scanners.
  
  
  
  
• GPS Tracking:
  
  Control the movement of one or more objects by reading live or recorded GPS information using the NMEA protocol. You can select to attach the GPS locations to any TerraExplorer object and optionally include trace lines to mark the object location history. The GPS Tracking tool reads the tracking information directly from a GPS or communication device through a USB or COM port or from a local or remote file. The GPS tool supports multiple entities in a single device, and allows fast forwarding capabilities when reading recorder information.