Version 2 allowed basic 2.5D camera moves. Geolayers 3 introduces full 3D terrain extrusion. You can now take a flat map of the Swiss Alps or the Grand Canyon and extrude the elevation data into actual 3D geometry. On a Mac with a Metal-compatible GPU, you can rotate the camera 360 degrees around these mountains in real-time.
| Feature | Geolayers 2 | Geolayers 3 (Mac) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | No (Intel/Rosetta) | Yes (M1/M2/M3) | | 3D Terrain (Extrusion) | No (2.5D only) | Yes (Full Geometry) | | CSV/JSON Data Import | Limited | Full real-time sync | | Post-processing effects | Via separate layers | Built-in (Glow, Drop Shadow) | | Tile Caching Speed | Slow | Instant (Background caching on Mac) | geolayers 3 mac