- 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]
- Golden Software - Offers Surfer and MapViewer software programs.
- 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.
- Rapid Imaging Software: LandForm - Realistic flight and terrain visualization with full 6 degrees of freedom of motion. Features simultaneous 3-D view and map views, and saving flights as movies or VRML files. [Windows]
- Optiroads - Software for engineering and building related to roads.
- Geomantics - Provide photorealistic landscape services and develop visualization software for same.
- 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.
- 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).
- LandSerf - Software for visualisation and analysis of continuous terrain surfaces.
- Terrain Visualization for KDE - A Linux program for displaying United States Geological Survey DEMs.
- 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]
- TopoVista - 3D viewer that allows user to interactively walk or fly on a surface defined by a DEM.
- Terraform - Open source interactive height field generation and manipulation program with realtime preview. [unix]
- EarthVision by Dynamic Graphics Inc. - Software for 3D terrain model building and visualization. Example uses are accurate well positioning, reservoir characterization, and environmental analysis. [WinNT/2k,Unix,SGI]
- MicroDEM - Display and merge DEMs, satellite imagery, scanned maps, vector data and GIS databases from a variety formats. Supports multiple projections, file conversion (read & write) and 3D views. [Win9x/Me/NT/2k]
- 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]
- TerrainBaseII - A version of MicroDEM specialized for military applications.
- Rez - A java tool for translating topological grids and generating multiresolution 3D terrains optimised for web browsing.
- 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 a
- 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]
- ShapeViz - A simple program geared towards people who don't know about GIS to view multiple Shape files Can export to Virtual Reality Markup Language. [Win98/NT]
- Virtual Frontier - Spatial Insights, Inc. - Combine terrain visualization and thematic mapping in a dynamic 3D environment, allowing you to navigate geospatial data in near-real or real time. [Win9x/NT]
- Technical Division - ViewTec Ltd. - Desktop and web-based software for real-time interactive 3D terrain modelling, from broad country wide scales to focussed urban areas, virtual tourism and real estate. [Win98/Me/NT/2k]
- TerrainView - Interactive realtime 3D terrain viewer with the ability to overlay orthophotos, satellite images and vector data. [Win98/Me/NT/2k]
- Satellite Tool Kit - Visualization Option (STK/VO) - A 3D visualization environment providing a view of mission and orbit geometries by displaying realistic 3D views of space, airborne and terrestrial assets, sensor projections, and orbit trajectories. [NT, Unix]
- Digital Earth - An initiative to create virtual representation of our planet that enables a person to explore and interact with the vast amounts of natural and cultural information gathered about the Earth. Sponsored by United States federal government.
- 3D Analyst - An ArcView extension to enable generic surface modelling, including support for triangulated irregular networks (TINs) and simple three-dimensional vector geometry, as well as interactive perspective viewing. [ArcView 3.x, Unix or NT]
- ERDAS Imagine + Virtual GIS - Brings realtime 3D visualization capabilities to the commercial image processing / remote sensing suite IMAGINE. [NT/2k,SGI,unix]
- Ecomodeler - Converts geographic and forestry attribute information directly into World Construction Set compatible data. [Win9x/NT/2k, WCSv5-SE]
- 3D visualization software for GIS data - openGL 3D GIS data viewer with real time animation, zoom, and Fly-by capabilities. [Windows]
- Virtual Field Course - Distributed java based visual environment for exploring spatially referenced information. In development.
- NetVis Module - Dynamic Visualization of Social Networks - The NetVis Module is an open source web-based tool for researchers to simulate, analyze, and visualize social networks using data from online surveys, imported csv files, and electronic discussion groups.
- My3D, LLC - Custom data conversion and visualization solutions, specializing in terrain, instrumentation, and infrastructure applications, using programming and commercial off the shelf tools.
- TopoWeb DEM Quick Start - Tutorial for 3D landscape visualization utilising USGS DEM files and the 3Dem program.
- hftools Page - Landscape Utilities for Unix - Tools for creation, manipulation, and rendering of virtual landscapes. (free, with code) [unix]
- Geospatial Explorer - 3D Environmental Modeling Software, FIELDS (Fully Integrated Environmental Location Decision Support) 3D Viewer
- MAPSLab Research: Spatial Databases and Visual Simulation - Automated construction of virtual worlds using spatial databases.
- 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.
- TerraTools - A tool set for constructing virtual worlds from standard cartographic data sources using Integrated Triangulated Irregular Network (ITIN) and intelligent feature generalization (maintains topology). [IRIX, NT/2k]
- STEMgis - STEMgis is a 4D spatio-temporal GIS that lets you archive, visualize, analyse and publish any geographic data including those that vary through 3D space and time.
- SCS Mothership - Proprietary terrain visualization graphics engine designed to be embedded in 3rd party systems. Claims that 2000km2 terrains can be interacted with at speeds > 60 fps. Export restrictions may apply.
- 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 produc
- GeoView 3D - Interactive real-time visualization and spatial analysis. Features support for virtual reality, 3D digitizing, hypermaps, and TIN generation. [Windows]
- EDGE Product Family - A set of visualization and analysis tools for creating synthetic environments.
- Atoll Land Surface - Suite of 3D surface building and viewing programs designed for people with a CAD background.
- Applet for Choropleth Maps and Cartograms - A free Java applet for unclassed choropleth maps and cartograms (continous area and circle). Data: .txt, geometry: .shp and other formats. Thematic generalization by a polygon filter.
- YDreams - 3D visualization solutions, specialising in spatial database-enabled interactive virtual worlds that can be displayed in PCs, interactive outdoor panels, mobile phones and PDAs.
- Boeing Autometric, Inc. - Provides data visualization and analysis software.
- Dynamic Graphics, Inc. - Makers of EarthVision, a commercial 3D geospatial analysis and visualization package.
- 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.
- DLGV32 - Software for viewing United States Geological Survey digital cartographic data in a variety of formats. (free, with code) [Win9x/NT/2k]
- Terra-Vista - Provides real-time data and visualization tools and solutions for mobile managers and organizational command and control.
- VisuMap - A non-linear visualization program for dimensional data. It converts table of data to 2D/3D maps by combining multidimensional scaling and clustering methods.
- SiteBuilder 3D - An ArcView v3.x extension which promises a "highly realistic, fully interactive, realtime 3D environment". The Spatial and 3D Analyst extensions are recommended but not required. [Windows NT/2k]
- REM System - Utilizes existing local government geographic information system databases to produce intelligent 3D city models for analysis and visualization.
- Genesis 4 - Photorealistic landscape rendering application using ArcView or MapInfo data for precise placement of trees, and roads. [Windows]
- Landscape Explorer 2000 - Interactive 3D viewer with a focus on accurate rendition rather than photorealism. Free for non-commercial and educational use - requires registration for commercial users.
- SINTEF Virtual Globe - A Java client-server application for displaying very large (global scale) terrain models. (free, with code) [unix, win32]
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