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Teachers and students
GenesisIV is the only landscape product designed specifically to help teach geographical concepts. You’re up and running immediately comparing 2D and 3D maps and students can be looking at historical maps, satellite photography and learning about grid references within minutes. GenesisIV’s multimedia hotspots are ideal for project - get your students out of the classroom collecting photographs, audiovisuals and notes to enter into the landscape database.

A user interface that lets you explore
If you’ve ever been perplexed by the blank sheet of modeling software then you’ll appreciate GenesisIV’s immediate interface. Don’t be deceived, there’s powerful database and graphics software underneath with a myriad of features than can be adjusted. But you can get results straight out of the box with just a few mouse clicks.

Documentation and tutorials galore - with more on the way
Need to see what the visual impact of that turbine will be? Or want a lesson plan for your 14 year old students? We’ve numerous tutorials online with step-by-step guides to common tasks, and a series of free educational projects, with data, will be soon be available.

Eye-catching visuals
GenesisIV’s photorealistic renderer brings landscapes to life, and because we using modern OpenGL techniques you won’t be waiting hours for your images to complete.

Import, export or extend.
GenesisIV is as open as we can make it. Import and export between GIS applications, paint programs, data files and renderers. Our database uses Open Source software and the schema is freely available. And we’ve numerous plug-ins to extend the system.

At a price you can afford
GenesisIV is available in four versions. GenesisIV Freeware is a completely free version of GenesisIV for personal use, GenesisIV Educational is a cost-effective solution with a classroom-friendly licence. GenesisIV Pro offers additional features for more comprehensive modeling and GenesisIV Enterprise is our high-end product aimed at professional GIS users. See our comparison chart for a feature listing.

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