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Second-Generation Embedded OpenGL Terrain Rendering
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.
The
TerraBlocks™ 3D terrain-rendering and display engine delivers accuracy,
detail and deterministic, high framerates using lightweight embedded
computing platforms. TerraBlocks™ can support even the most demanding
applications such as mission critical flight displays. The TerraBlocks™
engine
uses compressed source terrain elevation datasets coupled with a
run-time, terrain-block extraction and rendering process to achieve higher
levels of data storage efficiency, rendering accuracy and rendering display
rates.
In addition, the TerraBlocks™ terrain-rendering and display engine renders
at multiple levels of detail, providing high-framerate rendering without
introducing aliasing, vertex popping and other artifacts. Consequently,
TerraBlocks™ technology provides a robust terrain-rendering foundation that
supports embedded applications ranging from Synthetic Vision systems to
ground-based simulation and web-based geospatial mapping.
The TerraBlocks™ engine is an OpenGL library and is available in object and source code forms, and supports both Windows XP and Linux environments as well as embedded environments.
See
TerraBlocks™ in action with these videos.
Learn more about TerraBlocks™ technical details.
FEATURES.
The
TerraBlocks™ terrain-rendering and display engine provides these elements
to the mission-critical environment:
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OpenGL-based engine
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Compact, highly efficient terrain and imagery data format
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No vertex popping >> "infinite" level-of-detail rendering
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No TINed terrain data >> full-mesh terrain data storage and rendering
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On-the-sphere rendering
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Zero-error near-field rendering
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Photorealistic or shaded relief terrain rendering
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Deterministic rendering rates regardless of terrain features
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Natural-color whole-Earth display visualization using global TruEarth® 15-meter imagery
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High resolution inset capability using sub-1-meter imagery
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Optimized for embedded and mobile hardware platforms
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ITAR-compliant version for commercial applications
APPLICATIONS.
With its unique terrain storage and rendering architecture, the
TerraBlocks™ terrain-rendering and display engine is well suited for these
applications:
- Flight-based Synthetic Vision (SV) flight displays
- Commercial air transport
- Business jets
- Emergency Medical Systems (EMS) and search and rescue operations
- General aviation
- Ground-based, high-accuracy control and VisSim
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight control
- Mission rehearsal
- Simulation
- In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)
- Web geospatial/mapping
EVALUATION
& DEVELOPMENT PACKAGES.
Please contact us to learn more about how the
TerraBlocks™ engine can enhance your application and obtain a
TerraBlocks™ demonstration package or to discuss integrating the
TerraBlocks™ engine into your application using the TerraBlocks™
Software Development Kit (SDK).
- TerraBlocks™ Demonstration Package (Windows XP or Linux):
- Object code interactive demo package
- TerraBlocks™ compressed TruEarth® data
- Moderate resolution global basemap (15m/0.5 arcsec)
- High-resolution airport inset (1m/0.033 arcsec)
- TerraBlocks™ SDK (object or source code):
- TerraBlocks™ object/source code
- Application layer demonstration source code
- API guide
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