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GenesisII
Freeware |
GenesisII
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GenesisII |
| Landscape Modeling |
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| Supports up to 250,000 grid points
with full georeferencing. |
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| Imports in surface data in USGS dem,
Vistapro dem, UK Ordnance Survey ntf, bmp, pgm, ascii and xyz formats. |
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| Creates terrain surface from scanned
topographic map. |
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| Advanced surface modeling tools. Model
surface changes. |
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| Exports Vistapro dem, UK Ordnance
Survey ntf, bmp, pgm, ascii and xyz formats. |
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| Exports tesselated VRML and TIN surfaces
for fast realtime rendering. |
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| Accuratly define polygon regions or
lines as terrains with full control over surface properties
and vegetation. |
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| Accuratly place 3D models (3DS, DXF
etc.) onto the landscape surface. |
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| Import data from MapInfo MIF files |
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| Import terrain data from ArcView/ArcInfo
SHP files |
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| Photorealistic rendering |
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| Draws photorealistic fractalized
surface - up to 32 million+ polygons. |
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| Full control over sky, mist, clouds,
water, lighting and camera positions. |
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| Full control over surface and water
properties. Support for cliffs, shoreline and snowfall characteristics. |
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| Vegetation and ecological modeling. |
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| In-depth control over terrain rendering.
Fully define roads, rivers, hedges, walls, field crops, forestry,
houses etc. |
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| Include accuratly rendered 3D models |
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| Generate photorealistic images directly
from GIS data |
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MapInfo or ArcInfo interface) |
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| Overlay rendering |
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| Overlay any image onto terrain surface |
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| Overlay multiple images with full
control over transparency |
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