New features in TerraExplorer 6.1
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TerraExplorer 6.1 Release Notes
New features
- Analysis Tools
- Area Measurement - Terrain Area
- Area Measurement - 3D Plane Area
- Viewshed analysis along a route
- Shadow casting for urban model
- Publishing
- Publish Offline Project in Area
- Drawing Tools
- Create fences and walls along a user defined path
Updated features
- Performance Improvements
- Multi-resolution urban model
- Accelerated drawing of polygons and polylines
- Memory cleanup optimization
- Extended virtual memory for 64bit machine
- Render Quality Improvements
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
- Enhanced Color Saturation
- Feature Layers
- Improved KML export
- Improved KML import
- Export streaming feature layer to local Shape file
- Move features in the 3D Window
- Imagery & Elevation Layers
- Create resolution pyramids for raster layers in MPT v3 format
- New Imagery Format - Support Microsoft Bing Maps
- 3D Models
- Scale models in different dimensions
- Load 3D Studio (.3ds) model files
- Convert .FLT to XPL2 using MakeXPL tool
- Object Improvements
- Extend 2D polylines/polygons to ground
- Point Cloud (CPT) – supports LAS 1.3 format
- Set default viewing distance according to object size
- API to highlight object
- 3D shapes – optimize texture mapping on side faces
- Show label text on hover
- Usability Improvements
- Multiple 3D windows
- Enhanced customization of the TerraExplorer ribbon
- API enhancements
- Presentation Tool
- Launch a different presentation from the current presentation
- New presentation Key Steps
New features in TerraExplorer 6
TerraExplorer 6 Release Notes
New features
- New Supported Formats
- New Feature Formats
- Enhanced Interoperability with KML
- Professional GIS
- Load Features from Original Data Source
- Load Streaming Layer in Area
- Native Support for Complex Polygons and Polylines
- Modify and Save Layer
- Create new Feature Layers
- Spatial Queries
- Attribute Table
- Search Tool
- Terrain Analysis
- Slope Analysis
- Flood Analysis
- Volume Analysis
- Analysis Tools API
- Realistic Visualization
- Atmosphere Effects
- Water Effect
- Presentation Tool
Enables you to share geographical information with others through dynamic presentations
- Create a presentation, in which you navigate through the 3D World, showing or hiding objects on the terrain, following dynamic objects, displaying messages and performing different operations.
- Presentation route is created either by flying through the terrain recording an exact route or by adding each waypoint separately.
- Easy to use editor enables you to set step timings and transitions and modify step sequence.
- Productivity Enhancements
- Improved User Interface
- Window Layout Options
- Project Settings
- Project Tree
- Date and Time control
- TerraCatalog
Catalog database that stores organizes and manages connections to raster and feature layers and projects, located on a local disk, on the network, on Oracle or on an SQL Server. When TerraExplorer is connected to TerraCatalog, the catalog can easily be browsed and the required geographic data loaded into a TerraExplorer Project.
- Create Pipe lines tool
- Create 3D pipe lines long a user-defined path.
- Create pipe lines along all lines in a selected group or layer.
- Save output as TerraExplorer group of objects or feature layer (Shape file).
- New API
- User friendly.
- Covers almost all TerraExplorer functionality.
- Optimized for C# / JavaScript environments.
- Creating analysis tools.
- Adding and editing feature layers
- Controlling popup window position and size.
- Error Logger
The TerraExplorer log records and displays warnings, messages, and errors to help you troubleshoot any TerraExplorer issue. Log files can be exported and sent to Skyline support:
- New Installation
- Based on standard InstallShield technology.
- Registry free installation:
- OEM products do not need to run TE installation or perform DLL registrations.
- Localization for TerraExplorer
By separating all resources from the source code, TerraExplorer simplifies the translation of user interface text and graphics.
Updated features
- Performance and Stability Improvements
- Improved 3D Model Streaming Performance
- Supports MPT V3
- Improved Complex Terrain Model
- Imagery & Elevation Layers
Reads Coordinate System Code from File (WKT)
- Supports Complex Clip Polygon
- Optimization
- Null Values
- Full API for All Raster Operations
- Updated Analysis Tools
- Viewshed Improvements
- LOS Improvements
- Contour Map Improvements
- Object Improvements
- Text Label Improvements
- 3D Model
- Video Object Improvements
- Timespan
- Highlight Effect to All Type of Objects
- Improved Draw Tools
- Collaboration
- Duplicate Objects
- Power Line
- Timespan tags
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