TerraExplorer Changelog
What's new in TerraExplorer 6.6.0.1488
Jul 28, 2015- New BIM Layer Support:
- FBX geometry and attribute data
- 3DML format for optimized viewing and streaming
- Spatial and attribute queries
- Powerful Analysis Capabilities:
- New Slope Map Query
- One-click Global Contour Map
- Viewshed on Route tools
- 3D Viewshed on Route - By Speed
- 3D Viewshed on Route - By Time
- 3D Viewshed on Route – Query
- All-new Terrain Profile
- Redesigned Threat Dome
- Create Measurement Objects
- New Indoor Navigation:
- Intuitive indoor space navigation
- Collision detection, x-ray vision, and Show/Add locations.
- Visual Timespan Tags Tool
- Data and Services from the SkylineGlobe.com server:
- Address search
- Point to Address
- OSM layers
- Models
- New Visual Effects Particle System:
- Weather effects – Fog, rain, snow
- Animation presets - Smoke, fire, explosion and water effects
- Custom objects- define you own particle animation
- Water body – Sea, lake, river, etc.
- Infrastructure Improvements:
- Stereo vision
- Touch screen optimization
- Working with 3DML:
- New Hole on terrain
- Drawing of ”On terrain”
- Manual repositioning and scaling of the 3DML database.
- Improved performance of 3DML layers:
- Reduced memory load
- Minimized bandwidth to accelerate web streaming
- Support for analysis and drawing tools in 3DML datasets
- Interoperability:
- Feature: SQLite, GeoPackage, File Geodatabase (*.gdb)
- Raster: GeoPackage
- 3D Model: .Obj, .Ply
- Create layer in either shapefile or SQLite format
- Object Improvements:
- Video projection on 3D models
- Dynamic object – Move by Time
- Publish to Mobile:
- Publish Project as Mobile Kit
- Extract and Publish Area as Mobile Offline Kit
- Upload Existing Kit to Mobile Device
- Modern GUI:
- Redesign and better organization of ribbon
- API:
- All 6.6 improvements.
- New _3DMLCreator66
- ITerrainEffect66
- Drag and Drop:
- New drag and drop support
New in TerraExplorer 6.5.1.1283 (Nov 17, 2014)
- New Features in Release 6.5.1:
- Publishing of TerraExplorer kits directly to mobile device
- Spherical 3D viewshed
- WMS PNG transparency support
- Bug fixes
- New 3D Mesh Layer (3DML):
- Integrated seamlessly into terrain
- Perform complex measurements and analysis
- Powerful tool for creating 3DML from point layers
- Improved Performance:
- Optimized loading of 3D models
- Enhanced KML support
- Lower memory utilization
- Productivity Enhancements:
- Improved clipboard mechanism
- Input for advanced spatial queries
- Designate area for object duplication
- New Coordinate System Dialog Box
- Enhanced Analysis and Realistic Rendering:
- 3D viewshed analysis
- Dynamic 3D viewshed
- Viewshed query analyzes multiple viewsheds
- Display shadow effect for entire scene
- Select shadow color
- Display shadow effect for selected objects
- Shadow query calculates shadow effect
- Snapshot comparison tool
- Imagery comparison tool
- Compare imagery layer to base terrain
- Compare two images
- Slope query tool
- Look around tool
- Intuitive controls
- Analyze view from specific position
- Advanced Interoperability:
- Supports new feature formats
- Supports OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
- TerraGo GeoPDF extension
- Import and export to and from TerraGo GeoPDF (geospatial PDF format)
- Export includes all visible imagery and feature layers
- Increased Customization Options:
- Enhanced ribbon customization
- TEZ add on mechanism - simplifies add-on installation process
- 3D Models:
- Scale models in different dimensions
- Load 3D Studio (.3ds) model files
- Convert .FLT to XPL2 using MakeXPL tool
- TerraExplorer Android App:
- New app capabilities
- Publishing to android app
- Gesture Support
- API:
- New ObjectID mechanism
- Improved ID system
New in TerraExplorer 6.1.1 (Nov 17, 2014)
- 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