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TerraSim Exhibits at I/ITSEC 2005

November 14, 2005

Pittsburgh, PA - TerraSim, Inc. will be showcasing its TerraTools® 3D geospatial visualization software product line at the 2005 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, November 28 - December 1, 2005 at Booth 1935.

This year, TerraSim will introduce TerraTools 3.0, the latest and most powerful release of its efficient geospatial database construction product line. TerraTools 3.0 rapidly constructs simulation databases using DoD/NGA/USGS source data, imagery, CAD and GIS data in a Windows environment. TerraTools natively supports multi-threaded database processing and allows up to four times parallel processing with a dual processor Windows 2000 or XP workstation using a single TerraTools license node. The TerraTools Project Flowgraph Architecture allows you to maximize your investment in commodity workstations without resorting to specialized hardware configurations or additional software licenses.

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 fully correlated databases in a variety of formats to support visual runtime environments, constructive simulation, computer generated forces (SAF), and 3D physical model construction.

TerraTools 3.0 has added a number of important new features and algorithmic enhancements to make database generation significantly faster and simpler to use. Significant new developments include:

Enhanced OmniWizard for automatic Project Flowgraph generation
Progress bars showing multi-threaded process activity and execution time
Support for ECW compressed imagery for large area photo-textures
Supports texture compression for exported databases
Support for multi-textures and lightpoints
Exporter enhancements for OpenFlight 15.7 - 16.0
SEDRIS 4.0 export support
Enhanced support for OTB and DISAF including MES building generation
OneSAF OOS export using OTF Build 28 and UHRB Version 2 support
Integration of LIDAR and range data for urban modeling
Automated building interior generation supporting MES and UHRB.
Improved generation of underground structures from CAD or facility map drawings
Improved linkage to BAE Systems SOCET SET 5.2 for rapid geospatial data collection and automatic data visualization
Export and import to 3D Studio Max for visual effects customization

TerraTools 3.0 will be shipped to current customers in early 2006 at no additional charge as a benefit of our TerraSim product maintenance upgrade policy.

In addition to the TerraTools 3.0 release, and in conjunction with I/ITSEC, TerraSim is releasing TSGFly version 5.0 and TerraTours< 3.0. TSGFly is the TerraTools 3D viewer, which is included with TerraTools and is freely distributable by end users. It is also available for download by our DoD customers with access to the SIPRNet and JWICS.

New and improved features in TSGFly 5.0 include:

Display of database classification markings
Display of multi-textures and lightpoints
Improvements to point location and line distance measurement tool
Faster computation of area-of-effect display
Improved line-of-sight tool with measurement readout
Menus for database jump points and flight/drive path settings
Interactive setting of dynamic model point markers
User control of 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

TerraTours is a unique, interactive 3D viewer that allows users to query objects in the visualization to gather and display associated multimedia (video, audio, photographs), 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 3.0 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 3.0 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 3.0 and TerraTours 3.0, visit us during I/ITSEC 2005 at Booth 1935 for a discussion of TerraSim's Viz-Sim products and demonstration of 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 US owned high-technology company that provides software solutions and services for advanced visual simulation and database construction using a variety of geospatial source data. TerraTools®, their primary product, is available for both Windows 2000 and XP.

TerraTools is used in the automated construction of dense urban environments for operations planning and situation assessment as well as to produce exercise databases covering hundreds of one degree geocells. TerraSim also provides database construction services and advanced technology development for both civilian and military customers.

TerraSim's TerraTours® product supports highly interactive geospatial query using 3D visualizations linked to a variety of collateral source data. Using GISLink™ technology, TerraTours users can automatically georeference and display information sources such as still photography, video streams, CAD design data, maps, and any web-enabled document.