GIS in VRML

VRML as a language is sufficient for modeling of 3D data in GIS applications, however:

• Modeling terrain in VRML produces enormous data sets, very difficult to maintain and transfer over the World-Wide Web
• The functionality offered by general-purpose browsers is not satisfying:
  • No extensibility
  • No option to let user control visualization of data
  • No option to use data formats other than VRML (Open Inventor, binary form, etc.)
  • No option to implement interaction with other applications

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