Vizrt Viz Courious Maps 9.1: detail up to 15 meters per pixel

At a time when news can break from any corner of the world, Vizrt updates Courious Map with new applications and full integration with Digital Globe's online satellite image service.

The map and aerial view animation software, Courious, will be available from Vizrt at IBC'09 in its version 9.1. Curious maps are considered by many to be a de facto standard for electronic map creation and animation. Ran Yakir, Director of R&D at Vizrt commented that "at a time when news can erupt in any corner of the world, it is necessary for journalists to have mapping software capable of integrating high-resolution satellite images. Curious 9.1 is unrivaled in its ability to build, label, and animate all types of attractive, full-color maps so that broadcasters can effectively illustrate conveying the geographical location of a given event."

Viz Curious Maps 9.1 adds several essential features that make it easier to incorporate high-resolution global satellite imagery from multiple providers. One of these providers is DigitalGlobe, a company that now offers the possibility of integrating your images quickly and easily into the Curiosos 9.1 system.

This version also adds the ability to incorporate high level of detail of up to 15 meters per pixel, with hardly any pixel breakage in the zoom, in certain areas from PlanetObserver. Until now, Curious Maps clients have only been able to use PlanetObserver datasets at the 150m/pixel resolution.

Viz Curious Curious Maps 9.1 has also improved the Map Editor (CME) system, adding improved search capabilities and usability updates. It has also updated the map construction process, expanded support for third-party data providers, and improved vector rendering performance.

Finally, note that the templates created in Viz Curious Maps can be integrated into the Vizrt Viz Trio and Viz Content Pilot graphics systems, Wiz Weather for production and broadcast of advanced visualization, and Viz Artist for animation and creation of visual effects. With them, users can create their animated maps and add them to graphics templates or insert them directly into 3D scenes.