ArcGIS 3D Analyst Overview

ArcGIS 3D Analyst provides a comprehensive 3D context in which to analyse your data using advanced visualisation, analysis and surface generation tools. View large sets of data 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:

• Analyse 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 analyse 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; and
• 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 visualise 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.

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ArcGIS 3D Analyst white paper

This white paper provides an overview of how users can apply ArcGIS 3D Analyst for three-dimensional visualisation, topographic analysis, and surface creation.