The TerraExplorer family of products is a range of 3D visualization clients that enables users to interact with, edit and annotate a geo-referenced 3D environment. TerraExplorer can be used in a local desktop environment, accessing terrain and content data directly, or in a network environment via the SkylineGlobe server.
- TerraExplorer Desktop – A cutting-edge 3D GIS desktop viewer and creator that provides powerful tools and a high resolution 3D environment in which to view, query, analyze and present geospatial data. With TerraExplorer's robust and extensive capabilities and ever-increasing interoperability, stunningly realistic 3D visualizations can be created by overlaying the terrain with unlimited data layers, 3D models, virtual objects and more.
- TerraExplorer Fusion – TerraExplorer Fusion is a powerful 3D geospatial viewer that enables you to view and analyze high-resolution, stunningly realistic 3D content right in your web browser with no download or installation required. TerraExplorer Fusion enables viewing of most online layers and objects published to SkylineGlobe Server, performing powerful measurements and analysis operations, and dynamically exploring the 3D World via presentations which merge a custom flight path with distinct displays of the project. Built on HTML5/ WebGL standards, TerraExplorer Fusion ensures compatibility with multiple platforms and browsers.
TerraExplorer Fusion is based on TerraExplorer Desktop source code converted to WebAssembly. This conversion technology provides exceptional compatibility, enabling most of the original TerraExplorer Desktop code to run as-is in web browsers with numerous advantages, including support for nearly all the layers and objects supported by the Desktop version, consistent API for code sharing, and powerful performance. Open sample project in TerraExplorer Fusion > - TerraExplorer for Mobile – TerraExplorer for Mobile is a customizable 3D GIS viewer for Android and Apple iOS devices that enables you to view high-resolution SkylineGlobe 3D content. The TerraExplorer for Mobile app can display most of your spatial databases including 3D city layers and feature layers, and it provides powerful tools to query, analyze and present your data on the go. TerraExplorer for Mobile seamlessly accesses online data from Skyline’s SkylineGlobe server and other OGC-compliant servers, and quickly loads online TerraExplorer projects
TerraExplorer Desktop is available in three versions, offering increasing levels of functionality:
- Viewer – Users can navigate through and perform advanced terrain analysis of high-resolution 3D world environments created by fusing aerial and satellite photography, terrain elevation data and other 2D and 3D information layers. TerraExplorer Viewer also provides basic editing capabilities, including loading of online 2D and 3D layers as well as selected offline formats. Download and install TerraExplorer Viewer >
- Plus – Adds loading of all 2D and 3D offline formats, feature layer editing and querying, advanced objects and drawing tools, a set of tools for professional usage, and the advanced Pro API interfaces.
- Pro – Adds publishing capabilities as well as uploading of data to SkylineGlobe cloud, and advanced data conversion tools.
The TerraExplorer Comparison Table below compares the different capabilities of each of the products in the TerraExplorer family. All products are based on TerraExplorer Pro, with each offering a different subset of TerraExplorer Pro commands.
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✓ – Available in the User Interface and the API
Online – Available only when loading layers from SkylineGlobe Server
Limited – Only some of the capabilities are available
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Fusion (Web) |
Desktop |
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| Capability | Viewer |
Plus |
Viewer | Plus | Pro |
| View and Navigate | |||||
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View objects, layers and features |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Free flight |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Fly to locations and objects |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Play presentations |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Underground mode |
✓ |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Indoor navigation |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Multiple coordinate systems |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Navigation tools (GPS tracking and target) |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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VR - Oculus Rift and Quest |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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AR - Microsoft HoloLens |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Stereo viewing |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Multi-user collaborative sessions |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Change project settings |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Create presentations |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Create movie from presentation |
✓ | ✓ | |||
| Analysis | |||||
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Distance and area measurement |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Volume analysis |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Contour and slope maps |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Shadow effect |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Viewshed and line of sight |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Terrain profile |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Viewshed and viewshed queries |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Photo inspector |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Line of sight |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Cross section and clip box |
Limited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Comparison tools |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Clear path |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Mark high and low areas |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Threat dome |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Flood analysis |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Buffer penetration query |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Elevation difference |
✓ | ✓ | |||
| Data Layers | |||||
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View imagery, elevation, 3D mesh, point cloud and feature layers |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Load imagery and elevation layers |
Online | Online | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Load 3D Mesh layers (3DML) |
Online | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Load 3D Tiles |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Load feature layers |
Online | Limited | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Load point cloud layers |
Online | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Load BIM (3DML) |
Online | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Feature layer: Spatial and attribute queries |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Feature layer: Edit attributes |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Feature layer: Edit geometry |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Feature layer: Create new layers |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Scale and rotate 3D Mesh layer |
✓ | ✓ | |||
| Objects and Effects | |||||
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View 2D and 3D primitives and objects |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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View dynamic objects |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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View water and particle effects |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Add weather and environment effects |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Add 2D and 3D primitives and objects |
Limited | Limited | ✓ | ✓ | |
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Add and edit dynamic objects |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Add and edit video objects |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Flatten and cut terrain and mesh layers |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Add and edit particle objects |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Add and edit water effects |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Advanced drawing tools (Duplicate Objects, Create Pipe Lines, Create Power Lines and more) |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Mark mesh imperfections for implementation in PhotoMesh |
✓ | ✓ | |||
| Conversion Tools | |||||
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Create raster layer LOD pyramid |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Convert and import BIM (IFC/FBX) |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Convert and import LAS/LAZ/E57 |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Convert and import 3D Tiles and OSGB |
✓ | ||||
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Convert model to XPL |
✓ | ||||
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Export 3DML to 3D Tiles and SLPK |
✓ | ||||
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Export 3DML to OBJ |
✓ | ||||
| Publishing Tools | |||||
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Save project to Fly, KML and KMZ formats |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
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Publish online kit (desktop, mobile, web) |
✓ | ✓ | |||
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Publish offline kit (desktop, mobile) |
✓ | ||||
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Extract layers in area |
✓ | ||||
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Upload data layers to SkylineGlobe cloud |
✓ | ||||