Software tools facilitating the task of surveying architecture (real-time control, parametric modelling, use of digital photographs, processing of point clouds...).
Until now, those tools were mainly used to document cultural heritage sites/buildings
VirtualGL redirects 3D commands from a Unix/Linux OpenGL application onto a server-side GPU and converts the rendered 3D images into a video stream with which remote clients can interact to view and control the 3D application in realtime.
NOTE: Code commits are FROZEN on SourceForge: New code is now at <http://github.com/Xastir/Xastir>. Real-time tracking & messaging of stations via radio/internet APRS data streams, w/125 map formats supported. Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/MacOSX/Windows in any of 7 languages. Can also be used for mobile mapping w/GPS. MAILING LISTS ARE AT: PROJECT->WEB SITE.
MASyV (Multi-Agent System Visualization) enables one to write agent-based models/cellular automata, eg. in C, visualize them in realtime & capture to movie file with MASyVs GUI & message passing lib. Includes examples: Hello World, ants, viral infection
Conic Planet is a CGI application which renders a photo-realistic real-time image of the Earth and other planets. It has support for Azimuthal, Mercator, Mollweide, Orthographic, and Rectangular projections. It also shows the current cloud covering.