Your a GIS professional, not a professional 3D artist, but you want to create great landscape visuals for your clients. Or you're a teacher trying to enthuse and educate your students about maps and landscapes. GenesisIV. It's landscape software for people who've got better things to do than be professional artists. And you won't need a professional budget.
GIS Professionals: GenesisIV understands GIS concepts like layers, shape objects and georeferencing. It interfaces to industry standard GIS systems such as MapInfo and ArcView so you can use your existing data without having to learn new concepts, and there's reams of documentation to get you started.
Teachers and students: GenesisIV is the only landscape product designed specifically to help teach geographical concepts. You're up and running immediately comparing 2D and 3D maps and students can be looking at historical maps, satellite photography and learning about grid references within minutes. GenesisIV's multimedia hotspots are ideal for projects to get your students out of the classroom collecting data.
A user interface that lets you explore: If you've ever been perplexed by the blank sheet of modeling software then you'll appreciate GenesisIV's immediate interface. Don't be deceived, there's powerful database and graphics software underneath, but you can get results straight out of the box.
Documentation and tutorials galore: Need to see what the visual impact of that turbine will be? Want a lesson plan for your 14 year old students? We've numerous tutorials online with step-by-step guides to common tasks.
Eye-catching visuals: GenesisIV's photorealistic renderer brings landscapes to life and because we using modern OpenGL techniques you won't be waiting hours for your images to complete.
Import, export, extend.
GenesisIV is open. Import and export between GIS applications, data and renderers. Our database uses Open Source software and we've many plug-ins to extend the system.
Raster Handler for ERDAS Imagine to MapInfo Allows to display and register rasters of ERDAS Imagine (*.IMG files) in MapInfo.
Georeferenced *.IMG images will be displayed directly in MapInfo Professional, MapX, and MapXtreme environments.
For free:
img2tab utility, Erdasreg.mbx.
Geography Quiz If you know your maps and landscapes, the Geography Quiz is the thing for you. The Quiz invites you to test your knowledge of countries around the world. This may be a tough one for those who are not so well-informed about the map of the world.
United States Geography Tutor Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 48 contiguous states of the USA? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. A study mode and two quiz modes make the learning easy.
Avangardo ShapeView It`s a FREE ESRI shape files (*.shp), MapInfo interchange (*.mif) and *.dxf files viewer. Using this utility you can view *.shp files (ESRI shape files) and *.mif files (MapInfo interchange). No other files are needed.
European Geography Tutor Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 40 or so countries of the new Europe? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. A study mode and two quiz modes make the learning easy.
African Geography Tutor Want to brush up on the names and locations of the 50 or so countries of modern Africa? This program from the Family Games Web Center will help you. A study mode and two quiz modes make the learning easy.
World Geography Tutor Learn the nations of the world, and other geography information, using a proven quick-learning interface. In a few short sessions, you will master the maps and forge a clear mental picture of the political boundaries that shape our civilization.
Statetrail Locate American states in an interactive word puzzle. Follow the story excerpt and find your hidden states but beware, the Bloop might get you! Companion program to Grasp The USA.
Free Landscapes Screensaver Free Landscapes Screensaver the most Beautiful Landscape Sceneries. It has exceptional sceneries and adorable slide show with nice combination. You can change the setting of this Screensaver yourself.
Landscape Online Wallpaper Changer 2.0 This small utility configures your desktop so that it always has a fresh photo as wallpaper. Photos are taken from the Internet from the 'Landscape Wallpapers Photo Blog' (http://www.landscapedvd.com/wallpaperblog/). It publishes beautiful landscape photos from all over the world, so you always have a fresh desktop image.. And there is no need to worry about storing pictures, setting them up or remembering the location.
Seterra Seterra is a challenging geography program with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world! Examples of exercises: countries in Europe; American states; American state capitals, etc...
