WOBURN, MA - (Send2Press Newswire) - Oct. 13, 2003 -- Skyline Software Systems (www.skylinesoft.com), pioneer of network-based, 3D Earth visualization software and services, today announced the release of TerraExplorer Pro, GIS Edition, v.4.5. This new version of the TerraExplorer Pro marks major improvements in capabilities for working with urban environments and stronger GIS functionality.

"These Innovations found in TerraExplorer Pro are derived from our user input," says Ronnie Yaron, President of Skyline Software Systems. "Focusing on urban environments and integrating with their existing spatial systems improves our users' mission-critical applications."

Skyline's TerraExplorer Pro Network-Enabled 3D Client taps into multiple, traditionally disparate databases such as satellite imagery, GPS live feeds and urban features across the network to generate a videogame-like interactive view of the world's cityscapes in 3D. TerraExplorer is part of the Skyline TerraSuite Enterprise software, which provides a unique network streaming capability to dynamically fuse and deploy across a secure intranet, rapid 3D terrain and urban infrastructure visualization systems for military and business applications.

In TerraExplorer Pro, GIS Edition version 4.5, an emphasis has been placed on both enhancing tools to improve urban terrain analysis and to interface with other spatial data systems. Enhanced urban tools include: improved 3D building construction methods; new terrain analysis functions and importing of 3D objects; and exporting of urban features to accepted commercial and government standards. An enhanced COM interface and new plugs-ins to connect to existing spatial features allow for the improved ability to maintain, update and access existing and developing datasets across the network.

Many of the enhancements to Skyline's TerraExplorer and the related Skyline TerraSuite products improve the capabilities of mission critical applications and operations areas of mission planning, command and control and ultimately lead to better situational awareness for strategic areas of interest in urban areas around the globe.

SKYLINE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, INC. provides a unique and valuable network-based 3D World Gateway to provide a truly integrated view of an analytical problem with a new perspective. Skyline's technologies allow many different databases in different locations to be merged, mapped, and distributed over the network seamlessly to the end users, to deliver collaborative 3D viewing framework.

Skyline delivers the 3D geographical component in an enterprise architecture called "TerraSuite ." Skyline Software Systems provides solutions in areas such as Mission Preview, Urban Planning, Command & Control, Site Selection, and Supply Chain Management. Skyline technology works on any platform including desktops, wireless handheld devices and in-vehicle systems and over any type of network including secure intranets, private extranets and the Internet.

Skyline is headquartered in Woburn, MA and has offices in Chantilly, VA and Jacksonville, FL.

Organization Website: www.skylinesoft.com
Source of News: Skyline Software Systems, Inc.

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