Table of Contents

Orbit Mobile Mapping Products Comparison

Functions / Products Desktop Publisher
Explorer Content Manager Feature Extraction Blur & Erase Core Clients
Basic Asset Inventory Bundle Bundle Web API Plugins iOS
Summary
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Support all hardware systems ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Import and optimize data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Full 3D viewing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image viewing ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Use and overlay vector data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Use raster data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Measure Points, Lines, Areas ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Accuracy verification and reporting ✓
Accuracy correction via ground control points ✓
Data cleaning ✓
Data merging and delivery ✓
Extract features ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Workflow for feature production ✓ ✓
Management of feature production ✓ ✓
Clash detection ✓
Contour lines ✓
Profiles & Cross Sections ✓
Volumetric analysis ✓
Mobile Mapping
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Supported data types 1)
Support all hardware systems ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Panorama imagery, 360 spherical ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Panorama imagery, 360 cubic ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Planar imagery ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LiDAR only (no size nor volume limitations) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
LiDAR combined with imagery ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Photo positions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Trajectory ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Coverage2) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRS Independent ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Data import
Impport and optimize local resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create connection to remote services 3) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create connection to remote Orbit Publisher ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Add Orbit Mobile Mapping Run 4) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Data management
Create and edit Orbit MM Runs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create and edit Orbit MM Projects ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create and edit Orbit MM Categories and MM Publications ✓
Process and optimize point clourd for performance ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Process and optimize images for performance ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Process and create point cloud ortho ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Catalog ✓ ✓
Ground control point measurements and reporting ✓
Trajectory adjustment ✓
Task Manager 5) ✓ ✓
Restricted data access 6) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Logging use of MM Runs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Logging use of MM Images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Image View
Single image view ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Multiple image views ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image view panoramas ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image view planars ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image view combination of panoramas & planars ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image view by categories ✓ ✓ ✓
Image brightness control ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Image metadata display ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Walk and navigate through images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Play-through images ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Focus all images simultaneously ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Overlay of point cloud data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Overlay image metadata (id and timestamp) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Overlay image view-information (field of view, heading and pitch) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Overlay image copyright ✓ ✓ ✓
3D View
3D View of point cloud, photo positions and vector data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D View Perspective ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D View Isometric ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D View Stereo ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Skyline backdrops on 3D View ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Vector Overlay
Display 2D & 3D vector data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Select 2D & 3D vector data on mobile mapping views ✓ ✓ ✓
Measurements (2D and 3D)
Measurements via point cloud ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Measurements via triangulation (without point cloud) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Point 7) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Distance 8) (i.a. slope and slant) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Line 9) (i.a. Polylines and catenary) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Catenary ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Area 10) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Volume 11) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Display measurement results in different crs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Copy measurement to clipboard ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Copy measurement to feature ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Extract vector data
Extract and attribute points, lines and areas ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Workflow for production (advanced) ✓ ✓
Workflow for production (performance) ✓ ✓
Document assets with snapshots ✓ ✓
Document assets with attachments (*.pdf, *.doc, *.jpg, … ) ✓ ✓
Intelligent attributes for auto attribuation ✓ ✓
Intelligent auto snapshots of extraction ✓ ✓
Simultaneous extraction, teamworking (client-server) ✓ ✓
Manage vector-data themes ✓ ✓
Central management of production (client server) ✓ ✓
Central database storage ✓ ✓
Logging of production (output, time, operator, snapshot) ✓ ✓
Extensions
Blur and Erase editor ✓
Blur Import/Export to Face & Plate Blurring Service ✓
Blur and privacy reporting tool ✓ ✓ ✓
3D movie creation and export (flythrough) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Snapshot, save current view ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Clash detection ✓
Contour lines ✓
Profiles & Cross Sections ✓
Volumetric Analysis ✓
Generic Orbit Features
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Supported data types 12) (Create, Read, Modify, Export)
Vector Resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Temporary datasets CRME
Local file based resources R CRME CRME CRME CRME CRME CRME
Spatial databases R RME RME CRME 13) RME RME RME
Remote resources (WFS) R RE RE RE RE RE RE R R
Remote resources (WKT, WKB) RE
Remote resources (Orbit EOS) R RME RME RME RME RME CRME
Remote resources (Orbit Publisher) R R
Image and Raster resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Local file based resources R CRE CRE CRE CRE CRE CRE
Remote resources (WMS,WMTS) R R R R R R R R R
Remote resources (TMS) R R R R R R R
Remote resources (Apple Maps) R
Remote resources (Orbit EOS) R R R R R R R
Remote resources (Orbit Publisher) R R
LiDAR resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Local file based resources RE RE RE RE RE RE
Local Orbit Point Cloud files R RME RE RE RE RE RE
Remote resources (Orbit Publisher) R R R R R R R R R R
Data Management
Organize dataset in workspaces ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Organize resources in composite resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create and edit dataset legend and presentation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Map view
2D Map view ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
2D Map View embedding into 3rd party applications ✓ ✓
3D Map View Perspective ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D Map View Isometric ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3D Map View Stereo ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Print Layout View ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRS Support
Geocentric coordinates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Geograhpic coordinates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Projected coordinates (Metric, Intl Feet, US Survey Feet) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Custom projected coordinates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Grid corrected coordinates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ellipsoid heights ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Geoid heights ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Local heights ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
ESPG codes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CRS transformations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
On the fly re-projection of data ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Tools
Annotation and Redlining on Map 2D ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Constructions on Map 2D ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create and attribute new objects in temporary layer ✓ ✓ ✓
Create and attribute new objects ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Update and attribute existing objects ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
View object attributes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Measurements on Map 2D ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Measurements on Map 3D ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Seach for object attributes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Search using 3rd party geocoding services ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Convert and optimimze vector resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Convert and optimimze image resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Convert and optimimze point cloud resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Merge multiple vector or image resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Split vector resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Create Buffer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Georeference vector resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Georeference image resources ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Server Features
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Extendable to Client-Server ✓ na na na
Requires Connection to Orbit EOS Server ✓
Requires Connection to Orbit Publisher ✓ ✓
Requires Connection to Orbit Publisher or other ✓ 14)
Login restriced access, roles and data permissions ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Central management of application and licenses ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Central management of resources and workspaces ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Central management of user and user groups ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Realtime monitoring of use ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Licenses
Explorer Content Manager FE
Basic 		FE
AI
Bundle 		FE
Bundle 		Blur &
Erase 		Publisher Web API Plugin iOS
Concurrent use ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Enterprise licenses ✓ ✓
Number of inhabitants ✓
Throughput volume ✓
Free of charge ✓ ✓
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, Data import, Remote services : Cyclomedia, earthmine.
4)
Mobile Mapping, Orbit run : local mobile mapping resources or remote service already imported and prepared to be used in Orbit.
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.