http://www.microimages.com/announce/index.htm Latest News and Updates from MicroImages http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="td0" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">22 February 2012 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/Tutorials/vectanal.pdf"> <img src="/announce/images/vectanalu.gif" border="0" width="90"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> <em>Updated tutorial ...</em> The Vector Analysis Operations booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2012. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/Tutorials/tntatlx.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/Tutorials/vectanal.pdf"> <b>Tutorial: Vector Analysis Operations</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 22 February 2012 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">17 February 2012 <br /><b></b> TNT 2011</p> <div style="float:left;height:170px;"> <a href="/documentation/QuickGuides/77geometric3D.pdf"> <img src="/documentation/QuickGuides/thumbnails/77geometric3D.gif" border="0" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> A new Quick Guide has been posted showing how you can add 3D geometric elements in the Editor. <br /><i>What Adding 3D Geometric Elements in Editor Gives You</i> <br />- Select a surface layer to provide Z coordinates <br />- Automatically display Z values when drawing an element <br />- Edit the Z values if necessary </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/QuickGuides/77geometric3D.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/QuickGuides/77geometric3D.pdf"> <b>Add 3D Geometric Elements in Editor</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 17 February 2012 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">1 February 2012 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78KMLgeomashup.pdf"> <img src="/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/78KMLgeomashup.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> The available web mapping platforms (APIs: Google Maps, Google Earth browser plugin, Bing Maps, and Open Layers) provide varying degrees of support for KML overlays and impose varying restrictions on the type of KML data supported and whether you can use local KML data (not in a web domain). <br /><br /> This Technical Guide explains the details of KML overlay support in Geomashups for various web mapping platforms. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78KMLgeomashup.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78KMLgeomashup.pdf"> <b>Geomedia Publishing: Using KML Overlaysin Geomashups</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 1 February 2012 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">18 January 2012 <br /><b></b></p> <div style="float:left;auto;padding:0px 0px 20px 0px "> <a href="/products/licenseLevels.htm"> <img src="/announce/images/2012dvdBasic2.png" border="0" height="138"></a> </div> <p class="a10" style="padding:0px 16px 0px 0px"> <b>Providing new 2012 capabilities and expanded<br />to allow larger geodata sizes, display raster tilesets,<br />and convert 2D views to 3D. </b> <br /><br /> TNTmips Basic 2012 is the first inexpensive viewer providing 3D viewing of a wide variety of geodata (image, vector, CAD, LIDAR, TIN, database, &hellip;). This capability is available for viewing all your geodata usable in TNTmips Basic 2012 as drape layers and will use your local elevation data for the conversion from 2D to 3D. TNTmips drawing tools lock onto your 3D surface and can be used to create or edit surface features. <br /><br /> You can also add local or Internet standard raster tilesets of <b><em>any size</em></b> as drape layers in any 2D or 3D view. This includes any standard raster tileset prepared in TNTmips Pro for use in Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing Maps, and Open Layers. For example, add as layers any of the <a href="/geodata/tilesets/googleMaps/Landsat742.html"><b>global</b></a> and <a href="/geodata/us-orthophotos/USorthophotosGM.htm"><b>national</b></a> standard raster tilesets published for Internet access at <a href="/"><b>microimages.com</b></a>. Use these layers to draw elements to create or edit features in 2D or 3D vector, shape, CAD layers. <br /><br /> MicroImages will soon provide direct access from microimages.com to publically available <a href="/geodata-htm/elevation/index.htm"><b>global and national elevation data</b></a>. These can be used to convert any TNT 2D view to a 3D view. When this feature is available, TNTmips Basic 2012 can be used to select any Internet standard raster tileset(s) from any web site(s) and view them in 3D using elevation data directly from microimages.com. For example, nothing used in a 3D view (drape layer or elevation) has to be local, however, your local geodata layers can still be added to this 3D view. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/products/licenseLevels.htm"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/products/licenseLevels.htm"> <b>Compare Capacities of TNTmips Free, Basic, and Pro</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="http://esales.microimages.com/uploadform.php"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/tnttiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="http://esales.microimages.com/uploadform.php"> <b>Buy Now</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 18 January 2012 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">11 January 2012 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:200px;"> <a href="/geodata-htm/elevation/index.htm"> <img src="/announce/images/elevations.gif" border="0" width="90"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> <em>One icon converts 2D view to 3D ...</em> <br /><br /> TNTmips 2012: supports all popular color 3D monitors and 3D TVs using their passive, active, or autostereoscopic (i.e., glasses-free) technology. Use anaglyph stereo on any 2D monitor. All layer types in the view are converted: image, vector, CAD, shape, LIDAR, TIN, pinmap, standard tilesets, Bing Maps and WMS. <br /><br /> TNTmips 2008 to 2011: convert any georeferenced raster to anaglyph 3D using any monitor. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/geodata-htm/elevation/index.htm"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/tnttiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/geodata-htm/elevation/index.htm"> <b>Download Global and National DEMs</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 11 January 2012 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">6 January 2012 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/Tutorials/tntatlx.pdf"> <img src="/announce/images/tntatlxu.gif" border="0" width="90"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> <em>Updated tutorial ...</em> The Using TNTatlas booklet was updated to reflect the current features of TNTmips 2012. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/Tutorials/tntatlx.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/Tutorials/tntatlx.pdf"> <b>Tutorial: Using TNTatlas</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 6 January 2012 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">29 December 2011 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78ScriptBuilder.pdf"> <img src="/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/78ScriptBuilder.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> The Script Builder in TNTmips Pro (Script / Builder) provides a graphical design environment for creating standalone processing scripts in the TNT geospatial scripting language (SML). The Builder window provides a large design canvas and a list from which you can choose classes and functions to place in the canvas. The design canvas shows these script components as boxes that can be moved as needed and minimized or expanded to hide or show the details of the function/class parameters. You create a process flow in the design canvas by graphically connecting the output of one component to the input of the next. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78ScriptBuilder.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78ScriptBuilder.pdf"> <b>Geospatial Script Builder: Use Graphical Interface to Design Scripts</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 29 December 2011 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">20 December 2011 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEshaded.pdf"> <img src="/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/78TGEshaded.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> Collada tilesets that you create in TNTmips combine your custom elevation data with a raster image that is draped over that terrain for 3D viewing in Google Earth. A shaded-relief raster produced directly from your elevation data (DEM raster) in the Topographic Properties process in TNTmips provides a very useful image to use as the drape image in a Collada tileset. When you view a shadedrelief Collada tileset in Google Earth, features of your custom 3D surface are visually accentuated by the relief shading in the drape image. Subtle topographic features that might be obscured by vegetation patterns or cultural features in an aerial or satellite image drape become more obvious in the more uniformly-textured shaded relief image, especially if you have used high-resolution elevation data as input (e.g., bare-earth Lidar DEM). </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEshaded.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEshaded.pdf"> <b>Tilesets - Google Earth: View Shaded Relief Using a Custom Terrain</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 20 December 2011 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">14 December 2011 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEprojects.pdf"> <img src="/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/78TGEprojects.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> Large-scale mining and construction projects can significantly alter the local shape of the terrain. If you have updated imagery and elevation data (e.g., a Lidar DEM) for a project site, you can use the Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips (Tileset / Export Collada) to prepare the data for 3D viewing of the reshaped surface in Google Earth. The process produces a KMZ file containing a tiled set of Collada models that incorporate your imagery and terrain data. When you open the KMZ file in Google Earth, it loads the Collada models for the current viewing area and view scale, allowing you to view your imagery draped over your custom terrain surface. An example of a mine site in Pennsylvania is shown ... </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEprojects.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEprojects.pdf"> <b>Tilesets - Google Earth: Use Custom Terrains for Projects</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 14 December 2011 http://www.microimages.com/announce <p> <table class="a10" style="width:600px"> <tr> <td> <p class="a10">7 December 2011 <br /><b></b> TNT 2012</p> <div style="float:left;height:auto;"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEviewCustom.pdf"> <img src="/documentation/TechGuides/thumbnails/78TGEviewCustom.gif" border="0" width="90" height="116"></a> </div> <p class="a10"> The Export Collada Tileset process in TNTmips (Tileset / Export Collada) allows you to process your custom imagery and high-resolution elevation data for viewing in Google Earth. The process produces a KMZ file containing a tiled set of Collada models that incorporate your imagery and terrain data. When you open the KMZ file in Google Earth, Google Earth loads the Collada models for the current viewing area and view scale, allowing you to view your imagery draped over your detailed custom terrain surface. </p> <p class="a10"> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEviewCustom.pdf"> <img height="18" src="/images/icons/pdftiny.gif" width="18" border="0"></a> <a href="/documentation/TechGuides/78TGEviewCustom.pdf"> <b>Tilesets - Google Earth: View Geodata using Your Custom Terrain</b></a><b> ...</b><br /> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </p> 7 December 2011