GLOBEIR3D Digital Sand Model
Guide · Geospatial Technology

GIS Sand Model

A GIS sand model is a sand table powered by a full geospatial information system — every feature on the terrain has true coordinates, every layer is computed from survey-grade data, and every analysis is reproducible.

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Where a physical sand model is shaped by hand, a GIS sand model is built from real geospatial data. GLOBEIR 3D is, at its core, a Geographic Information System rendered as an interactive 3D terrain.

Coordinate truth on every point

Click anywhere and the model returns four reference systems at once: Latitude/Longitude (WGS-84), MGRS (NATO Military Grid Reference System), Grid Reference (GR) in the Survey of India format, and elevation in metres AMSL. A multi-scale grid overlay switches between Lat/Lon and GR from 100 m to 10 km.

DEM-based terrain analysis

The base layer is a Digital Elevation Model — a raster grid where each cell stores ground height. Every analytical tool reads from this one surface, so there is no disagreement between layers:

Data authoring & interchange

A GIS is only as useful as the data it accepts. GLOBEIR 3D imports KML, GeoJSON, CSV, and Shapefile, toggles OSM layers (roads, water, contours), and builds point layers from CSV for target lists, OP registers, and reconnaissance cards. The complete operational plan saves to a single JSON file.

Built for secure environments

Unlike cloud GIS platforms, this GIS sand model runs entirely offline on the customer's own hardware, under USB-token authentication — no data ever leaves the perimeter.

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