GRGlobe

Overview

The GRGlobe™ desktop application is a commercial product developed by SAIC to create, edit, and visualize GIS data natively in a stand-alone platform. The GRGlobe application enables the visualization of spatial data by structuring it into organized layers and overlaying the feature data on a Google Earth™ globe.

The GRGlobe solution provides key functionality for adding and importing data from popular GIS formats (shapefile, geodatabase, and KML) and document formats (Microsoft® Excel® Spreadsheet, text, etc.) as point, line, or polygon feature layers.

Features

• Create, edit, and visualize GIS data natively on the Google Earth plug-in
• Display data as organized GIS layers and view via a table of contents
• Categorize feature data and visualize unique themed symbology based upon feature attributes
• Open layer attribute table to select one or more features and view associated information
• Edit feature attribute data
  • Attribute editing tool allows for layer editing and adding new attribute fields
  • Attach one or more linked files from multiple data formats (or folders) to any point, line, or polygon feature
• Query attributes to locate feature data
• Support for common coordinate systems and formats (DD, DM, DMS, UTM, MGRS, XY, and WKT)
• Provide structure to data that enables GIS functionality
• Easily import points, lines, or polygons from coordinates in multiple file formats:
  • KML
  • Esri® ArcGIS® shapefile and geodatabase (personal, file, enterprise ArcSDE®) data
  • Excel spreadsheet
  • Database (Access®, Oracle®, SQL® Server, etc.)
  • Delimited text
  • Semi-structured copy/pasted text
• Export wizard creates products from specified layers and attribute data into popular formats:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint®
  • KML
  • GIS data (shapefile, geodatabase)
  • Excel® spreadsheet
  • Delimited text
• Create, edit, and delete points, lines, and polygons with interactive point-and-click and coordinate-based tools
• Add data from popular formats including:
  • Shapefile and feature class
  • KML data
  • Georeferenced raster data

Benefits

• Combine and share data between multiple platforms
• Fast, flexible interface
• Quickly create, edit, import, and export data
• Leverage your existing enterprise globe server for map and layer display
• Create complete PowerPoint presentations from data layers and associated attributes, including imagery
• Familiar interfaces and workflows designed from existing GeoRover software products