November 22, 2004
Pittsburgh, PA - TerraSim, Inc. will be showcasing its TerraTools 3D visualization software product line at the 2004 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, December 6-9, 2004.
This year, TerraSim will introduce several new enhancements to its TerraTools database construction product and to its TerraTours and TSGFly 3D database viewers. TerraTools rapidly constructs tiled visual databases using all types of DoD/NGA source data, imagery, CAD and GIS data in an off-the-shelf multi-threaded multiprocessor Windows environment. With a focus on detailed urban operations, TerraTools supports the parametric generation of complex visual geometry critical for MOUT, with a high degree of automation. TerraTools exports databases in a variety of formats to support visual runtime environments, computer generated forces, and 3D physical model construction.
Some new developments relevant to the I/ITSEC modeling and simulation community include:
- Enhanced support for OTB and DISAF including MES building generation
- OneSAF OOS export using OTF
- Integration of LIDAR and range data for urban modeling
- Automated generation of underground structures from CAD or facility map drawings
- Improved linkage to BAE Systems SOCET SET 5.1 for rapid geospatial data collection and fully automatic data visualization
In conjunction with I/ITSEC, TerraSim is releasing TSGFly version 4.0 and TerraTours version 2.0. TSGFly is the TerraTools 3D viewer, which is included with TerraTools and is freely distributable by end users. New features in TSGFly version 4.0 include:
- Point location and line distance measurement tool
- Interactive area of effect display
- Improved line of sight tool with measurement readout
- Improved database jump points and flight/drive path settings
- Dynamic model point markers
- Flood plane visualization
- Interactive labeling of objects of interest
- Customizable camera zoom and sizing
- Autosave for user defined environmental settings including sky dome, cloud movement, haze, fog, and time of day
- Ability to save all display preferences for customized presentations
TerraTours is a unique interactive 3D viewer that allows users to query objects in the visualization to gather and display associated multimedia (video, audio, still photos), architectural design files, powerpoint presentations, and all source data attribution. TerraTours is designed for customers who wish to develop their own intelligent information fusion applications using a 3D geospatial visualization as the focal point for user interaction.
TerraTours 2.0 builds on the display capabilities of TSGFly, while offering several significant new features for data integration and query including:
- Enhanced file and attribute query customization
- Dynamic display of data markers indicating information hotspots
- Dynamic augmentation of object information within the TerraTours viewer
- Interactive generation and 3D positioning of information object reference points
- User customization to tailor TerraTours information display
Upgrades to TerraTours 2.0 and TSGFly 4.0 are available at no charge to current TerraSim customers, as a benefit of our customer maintenance upgrade policy.
For complete details on current enhancements to TerraTools and TerraTours, visit us during I/ITSEC 2004 at Booth 1412 for a discussion of TerraSim's vis-sim products and demonstration on a variety of sample geospatial databases. TerraSim system developers will be on hand to describe current and future TerraTools enhancements, as well as discuss how TerraSim can support your geospatial database construction and computer generated forces requirements.
About TerraSim
TerraSim is a high-technology company that provides software solutions and services for advanced visual simulation database construction using cartographic data. TerraTools®, their primary product, is available for both Windows NT/2000/XP and SGI IRIX workstations. TerraTools is used in the automated construction of dense urban environments for regional planning as well as simulation databases for military exercises covering hundreds of one degree geocells. TerraSim also provides database construction services and advanced technology development for both civilian and military customers.
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