You should also look at Terra Vista from TERREX (www.terrex.com). This takes in orthorectified imagery, DTM's, 3D models, GIS vector data (Arcview Shape files) and textures (seeded in the eventual flythrough by the GIS data). We use this at VizMAP (www.vizMAP.com) and have had great results. One of the beauties of this approach is that the run-time is a free give-away (e.g. Audition from CG2 Inc. - www.cg2.com) so you can distribute the resultant database free of charge.
Graeme Brooke
-----Original Message----- From: Bill MacKrell [mailto:bill@ITspatial.com\ Sent: Friday, 3 August 2001 2:25 AM To: 'Hamilton, Jeffrey': gislist@geocomm.com Subject: RE: GISList: 3d Visualization
Jeff,
Check out http://www.SiteBuilder3d.com from MultiGen-Paradigm. It is a plug-in for ArcView that allows you to automatically create a 3D real-time database from your 2D GIS data.
Good Luck,
Billmac
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-----Original Message----- From: Hamilton, Jeffrey [mailto:JHamilton@ci.glendale.ca.us\ Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:00 PM To: 'gislist@geocomm.com' Subject: GISList: 3d Visualization
I would like to be able to view a simulation of a proposed house, or maybe a whole subdivision, on my computer. I would like to represent the topography, building and landscaping in 3 dimensions. I have ArcView and already have topo, building footprints (from aerials), orthophotos, parcels, streets, DEM terrain, etc. The buildings and landscping doesn't have to be 100% architecturally accurate: I mostly want a simiplistic building model for massing and visual impact analysis. Any recommendations? Would ArcView 3D Analyst fit the bill? Would something simpler be more suitable? Is something more complex (ERDAS Imagine and Virtual GIS is one package I'm looking at) be the minimum necessary to complete my job?
Thanks for the advice.
Jeff Hamilton
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