New features in TerraBuilder v1.7
This new version of the TerraBuilder marks a major improvement in functionality
and its capabilities for working on large-scale projects from local sources and
database environments. Skyline has focused on creating an interface with other spatial
data systems to turn the TerraBuilder and the DirectConnect components into a powerful,
database-enabled, 3D data producer and integrator.
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Database Quality
- Wavelet compression for image and elevation data, for better quality and reduced
size
- Improved scale and reproject algorithms
Additional Formats
Ability to fly directly using DirectConnect or to create an MPT database from the
following imagery and elevation data sources:
New Imagery Formats :
- Oracle 10g Database
- OpenGIS WMS servers
- Graphics Interchange Format (.gif)
- NITF
- JPEG JFIF (.jpg)
- JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)
- JPEG2000 (.jp2, .j2k)
- Single Cell CIB
New Elevation Formats:
- Oracle 10g Database
- Non-regular Grid with break lines
- DTED single cell (Including NGA DT0-DT3 formats)
- USGS DEM (.dem)
- USGS SDTS (.ddf)
- ESRI ArcInfo Binary Grid (.adf)
Improvements to Current Formats
- TiFF / GeoTIFF - added support for indexed color (palate)
- MrSid - support for version 3.1.10
- IMG - add support for ESRI Float RLE compression
- Projection - supports additional coordinate systems
- TLT Plug - Grayscale sources now support colorization from low-resolution sources.
Multi Viewing and Editing
- Ability to work on groups of sources to create and edit shared polygons
- Ability to edit common parameters for groups of sources
New Clipping Mechanism
- Clip Rectangle and polygons combined into a single easy to use system
- Ability to add Fill Color areas (rectangle and polygon shapes)
- Ability to add key color clipping (rectangle and polygon shapes) to filter out illegal
color or elevation values
New Application Layouts
- Three optional layouts
- Normal Layout
- Reference Layout
- Wide Layout
- Enhanced menu and toolbars
- New Settings and Options dialogs
Navigation and Editing in the Working and Reference Windows
- Three tabs for Imagery, Elevation and Vector views.
- Ability to view and edit several sources (of the same type)
- Zoom in and out using wheel buttons
- Panning using wheel button
- Right click popup menus provide easy access to sources and polygons operations.
- Measurement tools:
- Measure distance across a multi-point line
- Measure area
The Properties Sheet
- Properties sheet dialog aggregates all editable parameters in an easy-to-use form
- Direct access from the Properties sheet to all resources and polygons
- Ability to view and edit common parameters for groups of sources of different types
The Source List
- Includes a tree model display of sources
- Mark sources for view, editing or reference
- Multi selection and editing capability
- Ability to view sources in a regular order, or according to priority levels
- Two modes to view the list - Full or Compact
- Right click popup menu
Direct Connect
- Ability to run the TerraBuilder Fuser (previously known as TerraBuilder Agent) as
Windows Service, to use computers resources when the computers are in logout mode
Tools
Triangulate Irregular Elevation Grid tool - Triangulates several Irregular-grid
Elevation formats to TRI:
- Convert Irregular XYZ ASCII files to Triangulate mesh files (TRI)
- Convert Irregular XYZ points in DXF to Triangulate mesh files (TRI)
- Convert Irregular XYZ points with break lines in DXF to Triangulate mesh files (TRI)
- Convert TIN DXF to Triangulate mesh files (TRI)
- Support other formats
- Gather Tiled Files tool - Supports all the formats provided by TerraBuilder
- Improved Elevation Color Scheme editor (previously known as Pseudo editor)
- Ability to create dynamically stretched schemes
- Ability to create shaded schemes
Additional Features
- Displays for the estimated MPT size and compression time.
- New licensing mechanism
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