The use of 3D viewers is becoming common in several activities. The appearance of new technologies, with the resulting increase in processing power, made possible the creation of larger and richer 3D virtual environments. However, the navigation in 3D environments, especially the multiscale ones, is still a problem for many users. The goal of this work is to propose solutions to some 3D navigation problems in order to improve the user experience with this kind of application. In this sense, techniques to automatically adjust the navigation speed, the clipping planes and the rotation center are presented. It is also proposed a solution for the detection and treatment of collision between the camera and the scene, and a technique that aims to prevent users from getting lost when no scene object is visualized. These solutions are based on the construction and maintenance of a structure called cube map, which provides information about the spatial location of the scene points relative to the camera. Currently in development at Tecgraf/PUCRio, the SiVIEP (Integrated Visualization System for Exploration and Production) is a viewer aimed at professionals in the area of oil exploration and production that was used to detect and understand the mentioned problems, and also for validating the implemented solutions.