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This section covers 3D sites, large and small, to illustrate the diversity of Web-delivered 3D products.

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Worldwind (external link) World Wind lets users zoom from satellite altitude into any place on
Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography
Virtually visit any place in the world. Image: Screen Grab of NASA Worldwind

Keyhole Keyhole delivers a 3D digital model of the entire earth. The company’s EarthStream™ technology combines advanced 3D graphics and network streaming innovations to produce a high performance system that runs on standard PC’s and commodity servers.

Royal Botanical Garden:
3D Map (external link)
A 3D model of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne to assist staff and visitors in their understanding of the Gardens' terrain. Image: Royal Botanical Gardens 3D

Northeastern University:
Driving Simulator (external link) Driving simulator of real roads in Charlottesville Virginia. Image: Screen Grab of Virtual Environment Laboratory

LandEx / 3dGeo Software creating, analyzing, managing, and distributing large-scale geo information. Dynamic virtual 3D maps and 3D city models with embedded digital rights. Image: Screen Grab of 3D Geo Landex

Terragen (external link) Terragen™ is a work-in-progress scenery generator for Windows and the Mac OS Image: Screen grab of Terragen

3DEM (external link) 3DEM can merge multiple DEMs to provide high-resolution overhead maps and 3D projections of large surface areas, limited only by the computer's memory. Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) are shown on all overhead map displays Image: Screen Grab of Terrain Visualization & Flyby Animation

3D centre for geoinformation (external link) Danish centre developing 3D applications Image: Screen Grab of Centre for 3D GeoInformation

Virtual Terrain Project (external link) Creation of tools for easily constructing any part of the real world in interactive, 3D digital form. Image: Screen Grab of Virtual Terrain

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Worldwind (external link)	World Wind lets users zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Virtually visit any place in the world.
Keyhole	Keyhole delivers a 3D digital model of the entire earth. The company’s EarthStream™ technology combines advanced 3D graphics and network streaming innovations to produce a high performance system that runs on standard PC’s and commodity servers.
Royal Botanical Garden: 3D Map (external link)	A 3D model of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne to assist staff and visitors in their understanding of the Gardens' terrain.
Northeastern University: Driving Simulator (external link)	Driving simulator of real roads in Charlottesville Virginia.
LandEx / 3dGeo	Software creating, analyzing, managing, and distributing large-scale geo information. Dynamic virtual 3D maps and 3D city models with embedded digital rights.
Terragen (external link)	Terragen™ is a work-in-progress scenery generator for Windows and the Mac OS
3DEM (external link)	3DEM can merge multiple DEMs to provide high-resolution overhead maps and 3D projections of large surface areas, limited only by the computer's memory. Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) are shown on all overhead map displays
3D centre for geoinformation (external link)	Danish centre developing 3D applications
Virtual Terrain Project (external link)	Creation of tools for easily constructing any part of the real world in interactive, 3D digital form.