Table of Contents

Orbit Mobile Mapping Products Comparison

Orbit Mobile Mapping Products Comparison

Functions / Products Desktop Publisher
Explorer Content Manager Feature Extraction Core Clients
Basic Asset Inventory Extension Web API Plugins iOS
Mobile Mapping
Supported data types 1)
360 degree spherical imagery x x x x x x x x x
360 degree cubic imagery x x x x x x x x x
Planar imagery x x x x x
LiDAR (no size nor volume limitations) x x x x x x x x x
Photo positions x x x x x x x x x
Trajectory x x x x x
Coverage2) x x x x x x x x
CRS Independent x x x x x x x x
Data import
Orbit Mobile Mapping Run 3) x x x x x x
Local resources x x x x x
Remote services 4) x x x x x x
Remote Orbit Publisher x x x x x x x x
Data management
Create and edit Orbit MM Runs x x x x x
Create and edit Orbit MM Projects x x x x x x
Create and edit Orbit MM Categories and MM Publications x
Process and optimize point clourd for performance x x x x x
Process and optimize images for performance x x x x x
Process and create point cloud ortho x x x x x
Catalog x x
Ground control point measurements and reporting x
Trajectory adjustment x
Task Manager 5) x x
Restricted data access 6) x x x x x x
Logging use of MM resources x x x x
Viewing
Single image view x x x x x x x x
Multiple image views x x x x x x x
Image view panoramas x x x x x x x x
Image view planars x x x x x
Image view combination of panoramas & planars x x x x x
Image view by categories x x
Image brightness control x x x x x x x
Image metadata display x x x x x x x
Walk and navigate through images x x x x x x x
Play-through images x x x x x
Follow focus x x x x x x
Overlay 2D & 3D vector data x x x x x x x x
Overlay and Select 2D & 3D vector data x x
Overlay of point cloud data x x x x x x x x
Overlay image metadata (id and timestamp) x x x x x x x
Overlay image view-information (field of view, heading and pitch) x x x x x x x
Overlay image copyright x x
3D View of point cloud, photo positions and vector data x x x x x
3D View Perspective x x x x x
3D View Isometric x x x x x
3D View Stereo x x x x x
Skyline backdrops on 3D View x x x x x
Measurements (2D and 3D)
Measurements via point cloud x x x x x x x x x
Measurements via triangulation (without point cloud) x x x x x x x x
Points 7) x x x x x x x x x
Distances 8) (i.a. slope and slant) x x x x x x x x x
Lines 9) (i.a. Polylines and catenary) x x x x x x x x
Areas 10) x x x x x x x x
Volume 11) x x x x x x x x
Display measurement results in different crs x x x x x x x x
Copy measurement to clipboard x x x x x x x
Copy measurement to vector data x x x x x x x
Extract vector data
Extract and attribute points, lines and areas x x x x
Workflow for production (advanced) x
Workflow for production (performance) x
Document assets with snapshots x
Document assets with attachments (*.pdf, *.doc, *.jpg, … ) x
Intelligent attributes for auto attribuation x
Intelligent auto snapshots of extraction x
Simultaneous extraction, teamworking (client-server) x
Central management of production (client server) x
Central database storage x
Logging of production (output, time, operator, snapshot) x
Other
Blur and Erase editor x
Blur Import/Export to Face & Plate Blurring Service x
Blur and privacy reporting tool x x
Clash detection x
3D movie creation and export (flythrough) x x
Profiles and Cross Sections x
Snapshot, save current view x x x x x x
Volumetric Analysis x
Generic Orbit Features
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
Asset Inventory 		FE
Extensions 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Supported data types 12) (Create, Read, Modify, Export)
Vector Resources x x x x x x x x
Temporary datasets CRME
Local file based resources R CRME CRME CRME CRME CRME
Spatial databases R RME RME CRME 13) RME RME
Remote resources (WFS) R RE RE RE RE RE R R
Remote resources (WKT, WKB) RE
Remote resources (Orbit EOS) R RME RME RME RME CRME
Remote resources (Orbit Publisher) R R
Image and Raster resources x x x x x x x x x
Local file based resources R CRE CRE CRE CRE CRE
Remote resources (WMS,WMTS) R R R R R R R R
Remote resources (TMS) R R R R R R
Remote resources (Apple Maps) R
Remote resources (Orbit EOS) R R R R R R
Remote resources (Orbit Publisher) R R
LiDAR resources x x x x x x x x x
Local file based resources RE RE RE RE RE
Local Orbit Point Cloud files R RME RE RE RE RE
Remote resources (Orbit Publisher) R R R R R R R R R
Data Management
Organize dataset in workspaces x x x x x x
Organize resources in composite resources x x x x x x
Create and edit dataset legend and presentation x x x x x x
Map view
2D Map view x x x x x x x x
2D Map View embedding into 3rd party applications x x
3D Map View Perspective x
3D Map View Isometric x
3D Map View Stereo x
Print Layout View x x x x x
CRS Support
Geocentric coordinates x x x x x x x x
Geograhpic coordinates x x x x x x x x x
Projected coordinates (Metric, Intl Feet, US Survey Feet) x x x x x x x x
Custom projected coordinates x x x x x x x x
Grid corrected coordinates x x x x x x x x
Ellipsoid heights x x x x x x x x
Geoid heights x x x x x x x x
Local heights x x x x x x x x
ESPG codes x x x x x x x x
CRS transformations x x x x x x x x
On the fly re-projection of data x x x x x x x x
Tools
Annotation and Redlining Map 2D x x x x x
Constructions Map 2D x x x x
Object editing Map 2D x x x x
Attribute editing x x x x x x
Attribute viewing x x x
Measurements Map 2D x x x x x x x x x
Measurements Map 3D x
Seach for object attributes x x x x x x x x
Search using 3rd party geocoding services x x x x
Convert and optimimze vector resources x x x x x
Convert and optimimze image resources x x x x x
Convert and optimimze point cloud resources x x x x x
Merge multiple vector or image resources x x x x x
Split vector resources x x x x x
Create Buffer x x x x x
Georeference vector resources x x x x x
Georeference image resources x x x x x
Server Features
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
Asset Inventory 		FE
Extensions 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Extendable to Client-Server x x na na na na
Requires Connection to Orbit EOS Server x
Requires Connection to Orbit Publisher x x
Requires Connection to Orbit Publisher or other x 14)
Login restriced access, roles and data permissions x x x x x x
Central management of application and licenses x x x x x x
Central management of resources and workspaces x x x x x x
Central management of user and user groups x x x x x x
Realtime monitoring of use x x x x x
Licenses
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
Asset Inventory 		FE
Extensions 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Standalone (per seat) x x x x x
Concurrent users x x x x
Enterprise licenses x x
Number of inhabitants x
Throughput volume x
Free of charge x x
1)
Mobile Mapping, Supported data types : detailed technical overview, Supported Resources for Mobile Mapping.
2)
Mobile Mapping, Supported data types, Coverage : previously named Simplfied Trajectory
3)
Mobile Mapping, Orbit run : mobile mapping resources imported and processed to be used in orbit.
4)
Mobile Mapping, Data import, Remote services : Cyclomedia, earthmine.
5)
Mobile Mapping, Data management, Task Manager : Possibility to create a list of tasks that must be executed one by one, e.g. during night.
6)
Mobile Mapping, Data management, Restriced data access : only applicable for Client-Server and Publisher.
7)
Mobile Mapping, Measurements, Points : x ,y ,z ,height.
8)
Mobile Mapping, Measurements, Distances : length xyz, length xy, length z, perpendicular to construction line, perpendicular to construction area, slope, slant.
9)
Mobile Mapping, Measurements, Lines : length xyz, length xy, length z, catenary distance over curve, catenary clearance, caternary span.
10)
Mobile Mapping, Measurements, Areas : xyz, xy, rectangular, rectangular horizontal, rectangular vertical.
11)
Mobile Mapping, Measurements, Volume : rectangular volumes.
12)
Generic, Supported data types : detailed overview, Supported Formats.
13)
Generic, Supported data types, Spatial databases : Create spatial database tables is only supported when using Asset Inventory in client-server.
14)
Server Features, Requires Connection to Orbit Publisher or other Mobile Mapping services : Cyclomedia, earthmine.