Overview

ArcGIS 3D Analyst provides advanced visualization, analysis, and surface generation tools. Using ArcGIS 3D Analyst, you can view large sets of data in three dimensions from multiple viewpoints, query a surface, and create a realistic perspective image that drapes raster and vector data over a surface.

With ArcGIS 3D Analyst, you can

• Analyze terrain data to determine what can be seen from different observation points.
• Model subsurface features such as wells, mines, groundwater, and underground networks and facilities.
• View and analyze impact zones from blasts and military threats.
• Determine optimum facility placement or resource location.
• Share 3D views, animations, and analyses with stakeholders and decision makers.
• Create a 3D virtual city to support planning and maintenance.

Who Benefits from 3D GIS

A 3D perspective creates a realistic simulation of a project, environment, or critical situation to help a variety of clients plan and prepare for and proactively mitigate potential issues.

• City planners and developers can visualize the impact of proposed projects and share insights with community stakeholders.
• Mining and geoscientists can examine subsurface structures and calculate volumes.
• Facility managers can create and maintain building, infrastructure, and utility networks.
• Civil engineers can perform line-of-sight and shadow analyses for buildings, cell towers, and utility infrastructure.
• Police and security personnel gain more complete situational awareness.
• Military personnel can perform realistic mission and flight path analyses of potential threats.

ArcGIS 3D Analyst is also available as an extension for ArcGIS for Server and ArcGIS Engine.