GloNET
Encyclopedia
GloNET is a virtual globe
client–server system developed on Netcad 3D.
The client has stereo
(anaglyph
or page flipping
) support for effective display with relatively weak graphics subsystems and simple stereo shutter eyeglasses or with most advanced stereo workstations.
The system's servers run on the NETGIS|Server platform. These servers can publish raster, vector and DTM elevation data. The platform complies with OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium
) standards (WFS, WMS, SFS). Clients can receive the geographical data from GloNET servers, any other OGC
WMS
/WFS
-compliant servers, or local data sets.
Virtual globe
A virtual globe is a 3D software model or representation of the Earth or another world. A virtual globe provides the user with the ability to freely move around in the virtual environment by changing the viewing angle and position. Compared to a conventional globe, virtual globes have the...
client–server system developed on Netcad 3D.
The client has stereo
STEREO
STEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...
(anaglyph
Anaglyph
Anaglyph may refer to:* Anaglyph image, a method of encoding a three-dimensional image in a single picture by superimposing a pair of pictures* Ornament carved in low relief...
or page flipping
Double buffering
In computer science, multiple buffering is the use of more than one buffer to hold a block of data, so that a "reader" will see a complete version of the data, rather than a partially-updated version of the data being created by a "writer"...
) support for effective display with relatively weak graphics subsystems and simple stereo shutter eyeglasses or with most advanced stereo workstations.
The system's servers run on the NETGIS|Server platform. These servers can publish raster, vector and DTM elevation data. The platform complies with OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium
Open Geospatial Consortium
The Open Geospatial Consortium , an international voluntary consensus standards organization, originated in 1994. In the OGC, more than 400 commercial, governmental, nonprofit and research organizations worldwide collaborate in a consensus process encouraging development and implementation of open...
) standards (WFS, WMS, SFS). Clients can receive the geographical data from GloNET servers, any other OGC
OGC
OGC may refer to:* Oculogyric crisis, a dystonic reaction to certain drugs and/or medical conditions* Office of Government Commerce, a department of the government of the United Kingdom...
WMS
Web Map Service
A Web Map Service is a standard protocol for serving georeferenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database...
/WFS
Web Feature Service
The Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service Interface Standard provides an interface allowing requests for geographical features across the web using platform-independent calls...
-compliant servers, or local data sets.
GloNET Features
- Web-based 3-D terrain modeling with client–server architecture
- Encryption and authorization between client and server
- Perspective or stereo display (anaglyphAnaglyphAnaglyph may refer to:* Anaglyph image, a method of encoding a three-dimensional image in a single picture by superimposing a pair of pictures* Ornament carved in low relief...
, emitterEmitter-In general:*A device used to exude any signal, beacon, light, odor, liquid, fragrance, ionizing particles or any other type of signal.-In horticulture:*A device used in drip irrigation.-In electronics and instrument physics:...
) - On-plane or on-globe presentation of data
- Dynamic zooming and rotation
- Time-dependent or virtual lighting
- Data importing and display from OGC-compliant servers
- KMLKMLKML or kml may refer to:* Kamileroi Airport , Queensland, Australia* Keyhole Markup Language, an XML geospatial data file format...
, KMZKMZKMZ may refer to:* Keyhole Markup Language files when compressed* Krasnogorskiy Zavod, a Russian maker of optics and cameras* Kievskiy Mototsikletniy Zavod , maker of the Dnepr...
and shape file display - Support for rasterRasterRaster may refer to:* Raster graphics, graphical techniques using arrays of pixel values* Raster graphics editor, a computer program* Raster scan, the pattern of image readout, transmission, storage, and reconstruction in television and computer images...
, vectorVector graphicsVector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics...
and digital terrain model (DTM) data - High-resolution raster and DTM data presentation
- Editing, coloring and symbology support
- Local storage of client drawings and publishing to other peers
- Coordinate, distance and area measurements on client side
- Analysis on client side (visibility analysis, profile generation, aspect analysis)
- Thematic presentation with attributes on client side (color, symbol, elevation exaggeration, bar and pie charts on area)
- .NET.NET FrameworkThe .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
API support