Archives

Background Geoweb3d has taken a new, fresh look at providing the user the most effective method to map attributes of data to its appearance. It needed to be easy to use while at the same time highly capable, flexible, and scalable. We came up with a new attribute mapping technique based on what people are getting more …

Opportunity for Defense Visualization Interoperability Background Generating highly advanced visualization directly from GIS source data can provide the interoperability mechanism for the functional domains of GIS, C2, M&S, and others.  Common representation of the battlespace environment is required of any Common Operating Picture and critical for correlation if shared wargaming, rehearsal, and planning are to …

Every once in a while, someone asks us, “Can’t I do this in one of the free virtual globes?” The answer is a little bit of yes and a whole lot of no. Virtual Globes were designed for casual personal use, to be paid for through injected advertising.  They are made to be fun, interesting …

The group of us started with a combined expertise in GIS and 3D graphics, and a realization that no one had yet come up with an adequate solution to fuse the two. We also saw the growing role of the Geoweb and how, by making it an integral part of a geospatial solution, one could …