Good news everyone. GEOlayers, the After Effect plugin that will allow you to use existing online geography data has been released. GEOlayers lets you connect to any common http-tileserver and import geojson and vector data without leaving After Effects.

Create maps directly in After Effects using HTTP-tileservers for up-to-date imagery and highly detailed vector-data.

You can use high resolution satellite maps, create huge zooms to any address, find POIs, Markers and Overlays, glue geotiffs to your map, import geojsons, draw country-borders, or create political maps.

GEOlayers bridges http-tileservers with After Effects, combining up-to-date online-maps with the advantages of AE animation and Plugins.

You can easily snap 3D-Models to your map, or create 3D Landscapes with Trapcode MIR out of a satellite-layer and a heightmap-layer. GEOlayers will simplify your mapping-workflow.

GEOlayers will allow you to dynamically bring in online map data. All you have to do is type in the location and GEOlayers will bring in the map image all on one layer. From here, you can zoom in, pan around, and the image will be updated live from the TileServer data, giving you the resolution that you need for that particular view.

 

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GEOlayers comes with the following server-APIs:

GEOlayers features

  • web-like scroll- and zoomable preview map
  • animate maps by keyframing just one property
  • exponential zoom and related scrolling
  • one-click finalization with adjustable quality
  • automatic online imagery-import
  • automatic zoom level-blending
  • automatic provider attribution
  • up to 8 GEOlayers in one AE project (Only 1 in trial-version)
  • GEOlayers’ views linkable
  • snap markers and overlays to maps
  • glue georeferenced images to maps
  • GeoShape-drawer with highly detailed vector data of all countries of the world included
  • import and browse additional geojson-files
  • reduce shape-quality without visual worsening to keep renderings fast
  • online search-engines to find addresses and POIs
  • 5 standard tileserver APIs
  • universal API to connect to every common http-tileserver
  • local tile-directories supported
  • 14 preset serverprofiles
  • proxyserver support

 

Pricing and Availability

GEOlayersfor After Effects CC 2014, CC, CS6, is available through aescripts + aeplugins for $99.99. You can also purchase GEOlayers with with Trapcode Mir and save 25%. Check out GEOlayers for After Effects at aescripts.com for more information.