vterrain.org site and project history

2013

	13.03.19	updates to Plant Software
	13.03.10	added Stavros's Project Windstorm demo to Noncommercial
	13.03.09	added 8th 3DGeoInfo (Istanbul) to Community
	13.02.26	added Rocktools to Artificial Terrain
	13.02.25	added Laubwerk Plants Kits to Plant Software added OpenDS to Vehicles and Traffic
	13.02.24	added Suicidator City Generator to Procedural Buildings added City of Perth 3D City Models to Australia
	13.02.23	added 3D visualization world to Community and the front page
	13.02.22	added mention of 3D city work in India to Asia
	13.02.19	added Tyson Ibele's Building Generator Plus to Procedural Buildings
	13.02.18	added Sweet Home 3D to CAD
	13.02.13	added SearchOGC to WMS / WFS
	13.02.12	added MaterialMAP to Land Cover
	13.02.08	added Canadian GIS blog to Canada
	13.02.07	added QGIS, gvSIG, SpatiaLite to GIS
	13.02.05	added ISDE 2013 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia to Community updates to United States
	13.02.04	updated ReadyMap on Noncommercia; Tools
	13.02.01	added Denmark Kortforsyningen/Download to Europe
	13.01.30	added Maperitive to OpenStreetMap
	13.01.28	updates to Commercial Tools, including removing software that seems defunct (CityScape, G-Vista, iGeo3D, Insight3D, MapCube Urban Viewer..)
	13.01.23	added Silvador to Plant Software
	13.01.21	added www.geodata.gov.gr to Greece
	13.01.19	added Robotic 3D Scan Repository to LIDAR
	13.01.18	updates to Geocoding including Nominatim
	13.01.17	added NOAA CSC Data Access Viewer to United States, added NOAA datasets to Hawaii Elevation and Land Cover
	13.01.16	added Flythrough della Provincia di Massa e Carrara to Italy
	13.01.15	expanded page on Power
	13.01.11	created page Notes on OpenStreetMap
	13.01.09	added Makai Voyager to Commercial Tools
	13.01.07	added notes on the Neptec LIDAR dataset of Ottawa, Canada to Canada
	13.01.06	added AHN to Netherlands, CNIG / PNOA to Spain, DOM to Switzerland added many LIDAR links to United States
	13.01.02	added OpenEarth under Hydrogeology on Water updated Getting USGS Data and SRTM with changes in USGS websites
	13.01.01	added DJI S800 and Phantom to UAVs

2012

	12.12.31	updated's DigitalGlobe's satellites on Commercial Sources
	12.12.30	added MikroKopter to UAVs
	12.12.26	added Water shader link to Water
	12.12.20	added PLOTS Kukuiula, Koloa to Kaua‘i
	12.12.19	added Parrot, Sensefly, DroneMapper, Agisoft, and much more to Collecting Your Own Aerials
	12.12.18	added CUPUM 2013 Utrecht to Community
	12.12.16	new page on Collecting Your Own Aerials
	12.12.15	updates to Data Collection (GPS, Surveying)
	12.12.13	added Eternix Blaze Terra to Commercial added Earth at Night 2012 / Black Marble to Whole-Earth
	12.12.12	added Territoire3D to France
	12.12.11	gave the Netherlands its own page, added DelftTech added Virtual NewcastleGateshead to UK
	12.12.10	added Worldwide Virtual City Models to Locations, VCM Production Companies to Commercial Services
	12.12.08	added VIRTALIS GeoVisionary to Commercial
	12.12.05	added Orfeo Toolbox / Monteverdi to Processing Multi-band Images
	12.12.04	added books including 3D Engine Design for Virtual Globes to Media
	12.12.03	added AEROmetrex aero3Dpro to Commercial Services
	12.12.02	added 3D RTE to Location-specific (Italy) added Adelaide 3D City Model to Australia
	12.12.01	added Sapling, Yorik's blender greenhouse and Unity Tree Creator to Plants
	12.11.28	added Historical Lublin to new page for Poland
	12.11.27	added Mega-Fier Terrain Plugin to Commercial Tools
	12.11.26	added Tree detection from aerial imagery to Plant Papers
	12.11.20	added Acute3D to Buildings and Cities: Commercial Services
	12.11.19	added Jonathan de Ferranti's Digital Elevation Data to Global Elevation
	12.11.09	added Cesium to Commercial
	12.11.08	added OpenBuildingModels and OSM's buildings to Buildings
	12.11.07	added TanDEM-X WorldDEM to Global Elevation
	12.09.23	added StreetCam3D to New Zealand
	12.07.05	added Land-Form PANORAMA to UK
	12.07.04	added three.js / Trigger Rally to WebGL
	12.07.01	added Digital Earth – Virtual Nations – Data Cities (e-book) to Media
	12.06.30	added Scalable Real-Time Animation of Rivers to Water
	12.06.13	added GPU-Aware Hybrid Terrain Rendering to LOD Papers
	12.06.11	added Outerra to Games / Middleware
	12.06.10	added Procedural Heightmap Generation Using Plate Tectonics to Artificial Terrain
	12.06.09	added NEXTMap World 30 to Global Elevation
	12.06.03	added IMGeo / Geonovum to Netherlands (Europe)
	12.06.02	added OpenBuildingModels paper to Roads
	12.05.28	added the Proland library to several pages (Clouds, Water, Pland Papers)
	12.05.23	added XNA Large Terrain to LOD Papers
	12.05.21	updated ITF spec to 2.0 and provided sample file
	12.04.29	added DLA 2012 Conference: Geodesign, 3D Modeling, and Visualization
	12.04.28	many updates to UK, added Vertex Modelling's Wide Area 3D Model of London
	12.03.14	added 3DHawaii.com and Microsoft Flight to Other Hawaii, added 3D San Francisco to California
	12.03.05	added Artifex Terra 3D and other updates to Artificial / Artistic
	12.02.29	added Real-time Realistic Rendering and Lighting of Forests to Plant Papers
	12.01.02	added GMTED2010 to Global Elevation Datasets
	12.01.01	added Exploring 3D visualisation of vegetation to Plant Papers

2011

	11.12.31	added DbMAP 3D to Commercial Software
	11.11.21	added section on Vertical Datums (vdatum..) to Coordinate Systems
	11.09.08	updated Triton on Water
	11.08.14	added Texture-Lobes for Tree-Modelling to Plant Papers
	11.08.05	added OpenTreeMap to Plant Distribution, updated phillytreemap / urbanforestmap in USA
	11.08.04	updated entry for OSM 3D / XNavigator on Noncommercial
	11.08.03	added SpeedTree Studio to Plant Software
	11.07.30	added Japan's ASTER GDEM site, which is easier to use than NASA's
	11.07.24	added High-quality rendering of 2.0 stars to Sky / Atmosphere
	11.07.23	added trueSKY to Clouds
	11.07.18	added Free Shapefile of Countries of the World to Vector Data updated Carmenta on Commercial
	11.07.17	added London3Dproject to UK
	11.07.16	added a mention (blog and paper) to China of the GeoScope used for Digital Wuhan City
	11.07.14	added Image-Error-Based Level of Detail for Landscape Visualization to Plant Papers Hundreds of links have been fixed recently to keep the site lively!
	11.07.13	the DMSO is now the M&S CO (on Defense)
	11.07.12	added Cloddy to Commercial
	11.07.11	added OGDI and OPeNDAP to Protocols
	11.07.10	added Procedural Modeling of Buildings paper to Buildings and Cities: Research added 3D Ethics Charter and 6th 3D GeoInfo to Community
	11.07.09	added Cubic Globes to Spherical Textures added seamless algorithm (blog) to LOD Implementations
	11.07.08	added vieWTerra to Commercial
	11.07.06	added a paper on LIDAR storage and some apps (Pointools, Terrasolid..) to Point Clouds
	11.07.02	added glob3 to Point Clouds
	11.07.01	released version 1.0 of the VTP software today!
	11.06.17	overhauled Commercial Imagery Sources
	11.06.13	added McCrae's work on clothoids to Roads
	11.06.12	added some WebGL software including OpenWebGlobe SDK to a new WebGL section on Noncommercial
	11.06.11	added OS OpenData to UK
	11.05.01	updated Trian3D Builder on Commercial updated OpenDRIVE with addition of OpenCRG on Roads
	11.04.17	mention on Italy that OpenDEM now has data of Gaeta, Italy
	11.03.24	added VBS2 to Defense
	11.03.13	added Continuous Distance-Dependent Level of Detail for Rendering Heightmaps (CDLOD) to LOD Papers and Implementations
	11.03.12	added a SPCS Flash map to State Plane Coordinate Systems
	11.03.11	added ShareGeo Open to UK, Lithosphere to Artificial
	11.02.25	added CSIRO's "Glass Earth" to Australia
	11.02.18	new page on Point Clouds and LIDAR
	11.02.17	added 3D Object Library to Plant Images
	11.02.15	added Rostock data from OpenDEM to Germany
	11.01.30	updated OneSAF on Defense added Realtime Interactive Animations of Liquid.. to Water
	11.01.29	added Virtual Globe and Terrain Rendering blog to Community
	11.01.23	Lumo Builder was renamed/moved to re-lion Builder on Commercial added ISDE7 to Community
	11.01.22	updates to Romania
	11.01.02	added CityEngine Vue to Artificial and Procedural Buildings
	11.01.01	added Intel Smoke Library to Plant Software

2010

	10.12.24	updated Ionia GlobCover on Plant Distribution added Natural Earth to Vector Data
	10.09.30	added 3D GeoInfo Conference 2010 to Community
	10.09.23	added more companies to Commercial Building Services
	10.08.23	refreshed links on Water
	10.08.01	added OpenRails to Rail
	10.07.31	added X-GDF paper to Roads
	10.07.06	added Mobile 3D City (Paris) to Location-specific
	10.06.30	added Voxelogic Acropora to Artificial
	10.06.11	added GeoSUR to South America
	10.05.30	added a project on Mont Saint Michel to France
	10.03.29	added UV animation / ModelMyIndia to Commercial Services
	10.03.28	added Geoweb3d to Commercial, reorganized Commercial with older tools in their own section
	10.03.22	added OpenKýbl3DMap to Europe
	10.03.13	added What's the point? to Elevation Overview
	10.01.27	moved CityScape from Artificial to Commercial added to Power page

2009

	09.12.26	updates to Games
	09.12.19	added TerraColor to Whole-Earth
	09.12.18	added Skape to UK
	09.11.29	added Zmapping's 3D London model to UK
	09.11.11	added 3drender.co.uk to Plant Images
	09.10.23	added Efficient Geometry Compression for GPU-based Decoding to LOD Papers
	09.10.11	added CLICK to USGS
	09.10.10	added OpenTopography data portal
	09.10.05	added Vancouver Open Data Catalogue to Canada added Biosphere3D to Noncommercial
	09.08.23	added Vizerra to Tourism
	09.08.13	many updates to Artificial, added T.ED, moved historical stuff
	09.08.04	updated to ETOPO1 on Bathymetry and Bathymetry Comparison
	09.08.04	noted that Creator and TerraVista are now products of Presagis
	09.07.25	added Water-Fire-Sky to Water
	09.07.22	added ASTER GDEM to Global Elevation
	09.07.21	added Orthocoverage 15m ASTER demo datasets added Insight3D to Commercial
	09.07.19	added Regensburg3D to Germany added Urban Horizon to Commercial
	09.07.17	added Aerowest.de to Germany
	09.07.09	added PhotoSketch to Buildings and Cities
	09.07.07	added GeoControl to Artificial
	09.07.04	added 3DGIS Cityvu to Buildings and Cities added Graphite Renderer to Artificial
	09.06.29	added PAGC to Geocoding
	09.05.20	added GPU Ray-Casting for Scalable Terrain Rendering to LOD Papers
	09.04.23	added RATMAN to Government / Academic
	09.03.21	added LandSIM3D to Commercial
	09.03.20	added OSM 3D to Noncommercial
	09.03.16	added OpenDRIVE to Roads
	09.03.02	added osgEarth to Noncommercial
	09.02.20	added Virtual Plants (OpenAlea, PlantGL) to Plant Research
	09.02.05	added OpenAerialMap to Imagery Sources
	09.02.04	added OpenFlights and its data to Flight-Sims
	09.02.03	found new location of J Hasting's planetary images, updated Beyond
	09.02.02	mention of Virtual Sailor and Ship Simulator on Vehicles
	09.01.27	updated CityEngine on Procedural Buildings
	09.01.23	added Virtual Rome to Italy, CINECA 3D to Italy and Government / Academic
	09.01.13	added Landscape Visualization blog and Digital Landscape Architecture 2009 conference to Community added TransModeler to Traffic
	09.01.11	added Multibeam Synthesis to Hawai‘i Bathymetry

2008

	08.12.28	added 3D Oslo to Europe
	08.12.22	added Scalable Real-Time Animation of Rivers to Water
	08.12.12	added PixelActive CityScape to Artificial / Artistic
	08.12.01	added Precomputed Atmospheric Scattering to Atmosphere
	08.11.24	added Pyxis DERM to Spherical
	08.11.09	added hostip.info to Geocoding
	08.10.05	added Real-time rendering and editing of vector-based terrains to Geotypical added Interactive multiple anisotropic scattering in clouds to Clouds
	08.10.03	added ESA Ionia GlobCover to Plant Distribution
	08.10.01	added Heidelberg 3D to Germany updated description of CGIAR SRTM to version 4
	08.09.04	added Interactive Terrain Modeling Using Hydraulic Erosion to Water
	08.09.03	added IDE Canarias KML to Spain
	08.08.23	added AAMHatch 3D city models to Australia
	08.08.18	added PCN to Italy, ThreeX to Commercial Tools
	08.08.11	added GTA Geoinformatik's tridicon CityDiscoverer to Software Utilizing the VTP
	08.08.08	added UC-win/Road to Commercial Tools
	08.07.30	added the book Real-Time Rendering to Media
	08.07.29	added USC geocoder to Geocoding added Virtual Stonehenge to UK
	08.07.28	added Blender Textures to Sky, Geotypical, BBuildings added several links to Plant Images
	08.07.27	added RhinoTerrain to Commercial Tools
	08.07.25	added DC GIS Data Catalog to USA
	08.06.11	updated GEBCO which is now downloadable from BODC added Planetary Visions to Whole-Earth
	08.05.17	added tree[d] and Ivy Generator to Plant Tools
	08.04.09	added GeoSimPHILLY to USA
	08.04.02	updates to the Earth Viewers chart
	08.03.27	added BS Geoformer, BS Contact Geo to Commercial Tools
	08.03.24	updated the vtlib page with a new page for vtopensg
	08.03.11	added earth.nanaimo.ca to Canada
	08.03.09	added International Journal of Digital Earth to Community added book Geo-Information Science and Digital Earth to Media
	08.03.08	added Infinite Fun Space to Artificial Terrain
	08.03.01	updated the Lenné3D series on Plant Tools
	08.02.25	added True Marble to Whole-Earth
	08.02.18	added the book Constructing the Future: nD Modelling to Media
	08.02.13	added PhotoModeler to Buildings
	08.02.12	added TerraPAC to Hawaii Imagery
	08.02.10	added Hyperfocal to Sky
	08.02.09	added to Plant Distribution
	08.01.30	added mention of open source CFD packages on Water
	08.01.18	added CG Textures to Geotypical and Plant Images added ngPlant to Plant Software
	08.01.15	added Dryad to Plant Software
	08.01.05	added 3D UI Best Practice to Navigation

2007

	07.12.30	added VEPs (Stuttgart) to Germany
	07.12.27	added The Mannahatta Project to New York
	07.11.08	added Real Time Cloud Map to Clouds
	07.10.23	added USGS Elevation Query Web Service
	07.10.16	added Digital Botany to Plant Articles
	07.08.26	added IFC/aecXML/etc. to Buildings and Cities
	07.08.25	added Towntology to Culture Classification added deegree iGeo3D to Commercial Tools
	07.08.21	added UpNext Manhattan to New York
	07.08.16	described pseudo-voxels on Caves
	07.08.12	added virtualcitySYSTEMS to Cities: Commercial Services
	07.08.07	noted Organic Vectory's new SDK on LOD Spherical Grids
	07.08.05	added GADM to International added Burning Man Earth to Nevada
	07.08.01	added Géoportail en 3D to France added 3Dgeoinfo07 to Community added EspaCity to Buildings
	07.07.31	added Libre Map Project to Getting USGS Data
	07.07.29	added Ambient Aperture Lighting to Light & Shadows
	07.07.25	updated SRTM with details of CGIAR's SRTM v3
	07.07.20	added snapshots of Mt. Gambier to Australia
	07.07.17	added Survey on Semi-Regular Multiresolution Models for Interactive Terrain Rendering (pdf) to LOD Papers
	07.06.27	added Grome to Artificial / Artistic
	07.06.20	added Ostrava scene to Czech Republic on Europe
	07.06.17	added Rome Reborn to Italy
	07.05.22	added Generative Modelling Language and Sven Havemann's related paper to Procedural Buildings
	07.05.08	added CanVec and other updates to Canada
	07.04.18	updates to Flight-Sims
	07.04.04	added Barcelona in 3D to Spain
	07.03.31	added Real-Time Rendering of Planets with Atmospheres paper and Roel Reijerse's skyboxes to Sky
	07.03.22	added Hierro Virtual (Canary Islands) to new page for Spain
	07.03.15	added Terrain Synthesis from Digital Elevation Models to Artificial
	07.03.14	added a Stuttgart visualization (2003 paper) to Germany
	07.03.10	gave Germany its own page, added Berlin 3D
	07.03.06	added several papers from WSCG 2007 to Textures, LOD Papers, and new page on Draping
	07.03.03	added VisionMedia 3dskylines.com to Commercial Building Data
	07.02.18	added Sardegna3D to Italy
	07.02.17	added Territorio italiano 3D VRML to Italy
	07.02.15	added 3D Torino Games to Italy added GTA Geoinformatik / tridicon to City Modeling Services
	07.02.13	added Virtual Kyoto to Asia
	07.01.20	added Lattico Ltd. with a Cambridge model to UK

2006 and before