IMAGINE VirtualGIS is a powerful visual analysis tool that offers
GIS functions and capabilities in a 3D environment.
Beyond
simple 3D renderings and basic fly-throughs, IMAGINE VirtualGIS
allows you to quickly and easily create accurate and useful
interpretations of the terrain. You can drape aerial photography,
satellite imagery and airborne scanner data onto the DEM and then
add annotation, vector GIS layers, symbols, billboards, 3D
texture-mapped objects, water surfaces and more to create realistic
views of the study area.
Independent reviews of IMAGINE
VirtualGIS have recognized its superior scene visualization
performance at a low cost, as well as its ease-of-use and
interoperability between software packages.
IMAGINE
VirtualGIS key benefits include:
Assimilate disparate
geographic data types into a seamless, global 3D database. For
example:
Include any number of overlapping and adjacent elevation
layers
Integrate satellite, radar, aircraft and scanned images from
several map projections
Drape multiple vector GIS layers simultaneously
Visualize
and understand terrestrial phenomena and features that are only
discernible in three dimensions. For example:
Reveal the relationship between multiple surfaces, such as
geological bedding planes
Integrate images with magnetic, gravity, seismic (surfaces) and
other data sources
Simulate flood conditions and other natural phenomena
Understand the relationship between habitat and terrain
Enhance and query quantitative attributes in imagery and GIS
data
Simulate unknown or dangerous environments, increasing
training safety and saving on logistical costs. For example:
Simulate forest environments for field personnel during
fires
Include the GIS data base within a battlefield simulation
Recreate the flight path of an aircraft from recorded
telemetry
Provide an up-to-date perspective for search and rescue
operations
Determine the best path, which is not visible to other
observers
Make clear, dynamic presentations to those with
little or no experience within the mapping sciences. For
example:
Provide interactive explorations of transportation and other
engineering projects
Clearly demonstrate environmental and structural relationships
to managers and the public
IMAGINE VirtualGIS key features
include:
Simultaneously render multiple adjacent or overlapping
surfaces
Renders images using multiple resolutions for high-speed
performance
Optionally display images in wire frame and as reduced
resolution solids
Drape vector GIS data (point, line, polygon) across the
landscape
Display of vector and annotation polylines and polygons as 3D
objects
Place true 3D texture-mapped objects into the scene
Geographically link 2D and 3D viewers
Create, manage and optimize very large data sets with the
Virtual World editor
Mouse operated 3D angular pan, zoom and flight control
Generate, edit and display flight lines using the flight path
editor
Tools to generate intervisibility/threat analysis domes from
single or multiple observation points, from various heights, and
with desired viewing angles
Movie creation to several movie formats plus VRML 2.0
Real-time lighting effects
Weather effects, such as fog and mist
Attributed vector or raster layers can be used to automatically
populate a scene with 3D models
Intervisibility/threat analysis
VRML 2.0 support for creating 3D Web content
Support for true stereo display (with appropriate OpenGL
graphics card and stereo equipment)
Real-time anaglyph stereo (no need for specialized graphics
cards)
Generation of high-resolution 3D images for printing