Overview
Integrated within the desktop product is the WebKit open source browser engine. Seamlessly integrate with Web GIS, geoweb applications, data sources, kml, etc. without ever leaving the application.
Geospatial data can now be easily moved into and out of geoweb applications, services, and enterprise environments. Views can be cloned and datasets overlaid as markers, for example. Correlation and integration of other web mapping applications is made easy. JavaScript support is included.
Users can integrate any web-accessible element of geospatial source data into an effective, high-fidelity 3D visualization.
The current trend and inevitable backbone for GIS will be the web. Web GIS will continue to grow at a rapid rate and diversify its authoring, collaboration, and interoperability methods. The Geoweb3d application will scale with the growth of web-based, geo-aware applications and their capabilities. We are compatible with web mapping applications that have yet to be developed.
Find geospatial data
Having the ability to turn GIS source data into rich 3D visualization, the challenge was where to get the data to feed it. The natural answer was the web.
Organizations have abundant GIS data that is just now becoming publically available. Local, State, and Federal authorities continue to release more GIS data. The participatory model of Web 2.0 is amassing large volumes of geotagged content. Search engine and data discovery initiatives are underway to index this data for geo-searching.
Options for discovery of geodata will become increasingly easy and abundant for the user, and Geoweb3d will continue to leverage and integrate these advancements. Geoweb3d scenery will improve with the quality of the data it is supplied, resulting in an infinitely scalable solution.
Integrated browser engine
Integrated within the desktop product is the WebKit open source browser engine. This highly capable and mature component is a core element of our desktop product. Using an open source and well established browser engine will ensure a forward capable solution that will keep pace with the expected advancements of Web GIS.
Applications ranging from Google Chrome to Apple’s Safari utilize this web engine. It is a well established and powerful subsystem of Geoweb3d. As part of Geoweb3d Desktop, this browser shares the same program space of both ArcGIS and the 3D visualization.
Integration with the collaboration and sharing capabilities of web 2.0 will continue to grow exponentially.
Geoweb
The term Geoweb not only refers to the growing collective body of web-accessible geographic data and visualization solutions. It also represents a new paradigm in the management and leveraging of disparate data sources. This new concept of fusing information and data from sources across the globe allows for increased data sharing, tighter interoperability, and better value for the end user. The Geoweb promises to make geographic information much more ubiquitous, opening up a wealth of location-based information to a mass market that spans the globe.
Geoweb3d fully embraces the momentum of the Geoweb. The abundant and growing available data can now be pulled in and visualized with modern 3D methods.
