GeoDiscovery Interactive
GeoDiscovery Interactive is a company that has developed a unique & customizable software application that exploits global exploration, discovery and learning in a 3D geographical context.
"Our goal is to create computer software that inspires exploration and discovery; enhancing learning via three-dimensional earth visualization technology and rich multimedia content".
Our "3D World environment" comprises hi-resolution satellite imagery of the earth, geo-referenced latitude and longitude information and extremely detailed elevation data, which creates a completely explorable and accurate 3D model of the earth.
Earth Visualization
Exploration of the earth is accomplished with an intuitive hands-on joystick or mouse and an easy-to-follow interactive menu. The joystick interface delivers "helicopter-style flight simulation, which allows the user to glide over the earth in any direction, ascend or descend, as well as tilt down or up. The user can orbit the earth from space, and in a matter of seconds, fly down and hover a few hundred feet above a location and see incredible hi-resolution detail of selected areas. Atmosphere and star fields add to the realism of space flight, and when soaring at low altitudes in horizon view, one can journey up a three-dimensional river valley, whisk over glacial snowfields, ascend mountain peaks, or zip along coastal shorelines.
3D exploration
Additional layers can be turned on to reveal how the earth looks at night. Turn on one layer and explore the terrain of the ocean's floor, examining fault lines and tectonic plates. Turn on another layer and see how the snow pack changes with each month of the year, or how the green areas of vegetation expand and contract from spring to summer to fall to winter, anywhere on the planet! One click of the joystick can set this to animate as you fly around the earth and watch the seasons change before your eyes!
The expanded feature set includes the ability to turn on political boundaries of the earth as well as names of countries and cities, to further enhance learning. From the menu, select and listen to a variety of music scores while you surf the planet. When you see a "Point of Interest Icon", fly towards it, centering it in the crosshairs on-screen, and click the joystick trigger. This will zoom you into that area and play a high definition video tour of the destination. If you prefer, bring up the menu and select a destination from the list, and you will be flown there with a single click of the trigger.
Our program is totally customizable to suit educational needs, or create impact in sales and marketing applications. Adding destinations of interest and additional data layers to the program is boundless and borderless, allowing clients to selectively reveal or present as much content as desired. From any point of interest within our application, the user can click and open a featured website, making infinite, in-context layers of information available, including e-commerce and web-based multimedia content.
GeoDiscovery Interactive
GeoDiscovery Interactive is a powerful tool for tourism, destination resort companies, museums, science centers, Tourist Attractions, Parks & Heritage organizations and more. To arrange a demo or find out more about GeoDiscovery Interactive and how it can work for your organization, call or email us at: info@geodiscovery.com