Edge Development Option (EDO) comprises a set of C++ computer libraries produced by Boeing that allows to quickly build 2D and 3D visualization software similar to Google Earth, in order to display satellite imagery and create virtual scenarios for displaying sensor, 3D models, 4D (time-dependent) tracks and for line-of-sight and smart volume analysis.
EDO is a toolkit based on EDGE Whole Earth, a software program developed by a company named Autometric, now part of Boeing.
EDO provides a continuous display of surveillance and reconnaissance sensors’ positions and fields-of-view, including terrain constraints.
With precision sensor analysis, satellites and air and ground-based platforms, essential intelligence can be collected in real time.
Mark Turner was the first lead engineer for BDO, followed by Brian Griglak and since 2010 by Valentino Zocca.