TSGFly 6.5
TSGFly 6.5

TSGFly is an advanced 3D viewer for Tiled Scene Graph (TSG) databases by TerraTools®, TerraSim's state of the art geospatial visualization software. The TSGFly viewer provides a real-time viewing environment for inspecting and demonstrating visualizations created in TerraTools.

TSGFly is freely distributable, allowing database developers to easily deliver their TerraTools visualizations to their clients and customers. Navigation controls are easy to learn, with advanced capabilities available for experienced users.

TerraTools divides its visualizations into multiple data tiles that TSGFly efficiently pages into the necessary viewing area, providing high-performance 3D visualizations without expensive graphics hardware under Windows XP and Vista.

The basic movement controls in TSGFly allow the viewer to freely navigate the visualization in real-time. TSGFly also has many capabilities that simplify the navigation process. Points of interest and flight paths can be dynamically created and modified within the TSGFly viewer. Exact coordinate locations can be selected and viewed in several different coordinate systems. Together, these controls combine to allow easy and flexible navigation for all users.

  • Flight and drive modes
  • Compass heading displays
  • Map overlay to show position
  • Specific interest points saved for display and distribution
  • Label important points
  • Create and play back paths
  • Observe surrounding area
  • Camera zoom and sizing
  • Easy to use navigation controls

+ Minimum System Requirements

  • Windows XP/Vista® workstation
  • Administrative privileges on the system
  • Pentium III processor 1.7 Ghz or higher
  • 2GB system memory
  • 5GB hard disk space
  • Graphics card with a minimum of 128 MB of texture memory
+ Recommended System Requirements

Compatible Graphics Cards and Drivers

TerraTools workstations should have a modern graphics card with a minimum of 256mb of texture memory. Graphics cards from the following product lines have been used successfully within TerraSim:
  • NVIDIA FX series FX 1500 or higher
  • NVIDIA Quaddro series Quaddro FX 3400 or higher
  • ATI Radion HD series Radion 3000 series or higher

In most cases, the best cards for running the TSGFly viewer application have high graphics (polygon) fill rate even if they have smaller texture memory sizes.

TerraTools does not make special use of onboard processing (GPU or Shaders) in order to compile source data or build correlated databases.

If you observe poor performance and/or graphics artifacts, we recommend that you obtain the most recent drivers for your card or system and test with these new drivers before reporting graphics-related problems to TerraSim.

Embedded Tools for Urban Modeling and Analysis

  • Intervisibility tool to analyze line of sight
  • Flood plane shows increasing water levels
  • X-Ray to interactively display interior details
  • Quantitative display of aerosol dispersal range