Giving the world a new face

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1 Viz Curious Maps is a time-effective solution to produce branded maps and geographical animations at any stage of the content-creation process. Viz Curious Maps

2 Viz Curious Maps Giving the world a new face Viz Curious Maps is the broadcast industry s de facto standard to create branded maps and geographic animations. Viz Curious Maps, when extended to a server edition, provides real-time, branded map imagery to several clients embedded within Vizrt s control applications. Templates created within Viz Curious Maps can be dynamically accessed through the Viz Trio character generator and Viz Content Pilot, as well as Viz Weather, Viz Traffic, and Viz Artist. Users can seamlessly create branded, animated maps and add them to graphic templates or directly to a 3D scene.

3 A complete map-creation solution Any of the following options can be added to Viz Curious Maps to expand its map-making capabilities: Natural Earth Coloring Based on satellite imagery from Planet Observer, the Natural Earth Coloring option adds up to 450m resolution imagery to your maps. 3D Export Fully textured genuine relief models can be created and exported at the touch of a button. The.obj files produced can be used in Viz Artist or third-party 3D modeling packages. Paint and effects Add professional quality and fully-featured raster paint retouch and rotoscoping functionality. Imagery on Demand Instantly browse, download and incorporate high-resolution satellite imagery from around the world. Additional data Viz Curious Maps includes a comprehensive database of political boundaries, coastlines, rivers, major roads, named places, and relief topography covering the entire world. In addition, there is a variety of optional additional data for you to choose from: Street data Local street data is available for cities and towns throughout the USA, Europe, and other countries. All local street data is easy to use and has been designed to produce the best results when used in Viz Curious Maps and Viz Curious Maps Client. High-resolution satellite imagery Satellite imagery is available at a variety of resolutions, from 100m resolution for the whole world, up to 1m resolution for the largest cities in the USA and Europe. Viz Curious Maps automatically geo-references the satellite imagery into the correct position on the map layer, so combining it with the graphical map detail is simple. Color correction can be applied to the satellite imagery, helping the user to achieve the exact style needed. Relief topography The relief data included with all licenses of Viz Curious Maps is sourced from the USGS (US Geological Survey) and has a 1km resolution. Higher-resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data for large areas of the world s surface is also available, including 90m data for the whole world, and 30m data for all of the USA. This gives additional clarity and realism to the terrain, particularly if you are creating 3D maps.

4 The Viz Curious Maps Client maps in the workflow Viz Curious Maps can act as both a creation tool and a server platform. When it is upgraded to a server edition, it enables maps or map templates first prepared using Viz Curious Maps to be integrated within 3D graphic templates using Viz Artist. The graphic templates containing map references can later be accessed and personalized by any number of users throughout an organization. In practice, the Viz Curious Maps Client enables producers, journalists and operators to open map control objects within graphic templates, for example, from within Viz Content Pilot, Viz Trio or Viz Weather. By editing the map elements, users can change map locations, add animated 3D objects (such as car crashes, planes or fires), and animated labels; show street information, display on-demand satellite images of chosen locations, create geographical locators, and design fully animated 3D maps. All images courtesy of ITV News

5 Key Features and Benefits Create branded maps directly from all of Vizrt s content control and design applications Supports Viz Content Pilot, Viz Trio, and Viz Weather No workflow changes Map labels can be generated in the map texture itself, or as 3D/2D Viz Engine objects Geo positions, zoom animations, map locators and objects can be placed on maps Fully integrated with Microsoft Virtual Earth s Birds Eye view imagery Unlimited range of animations, from globe to street level Multiple destinations can be visited with one animation Supports 3D terrain and elevation Objects and animations are created automatically using Viz Artist plug-ins

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