Transcript AGI conference presentation

Using Commercially Available
Imagery and Terrain Data with STK
Part 1
Sean Boyer
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Supported Formats
Imagery Data
BMP
CADRG
CIB
IMG
GeoTiFF
JP2
NTF
PGM
PNG
PPM
SID
TGA
NITF
Visualization in STK
Terrain Data
DTE (MUSE)
DEM
DMED/DTED DT0-5
HDR (GTOPO30)
LBL (MOLA)
HDR (AGI Terrain)
G98 (Geodas)
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Commercial Data
• Commercial Satellite imagery, some providers are:
Provider
Imagery
Digital Globe
• Quickbird (sub meter)
Orbimage
• OrbView satellite (1m)
Space Imaging
• Ikonos (1m)
• IRS (5m)
• Resourcesat
(acquired by Orbimage)
TerraColor
• simulated true color landsat (15m)
EarthSat
• simulated true color landsat (15m)
MDA Geospatial Services
• Radarsats, EROS, ENVISAT, ERS, and more
SPOT
• Spot satellites (2.5m)
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AGI Data
Provider
AGI
AGI
Imagery / Maps
Terrain / Elevation
• Globes (1 km)
• STK/Terrain (1 km spacing)
– Planet Earth
– GeoSphere
– Face of the Earth
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Public Domain & Government Data
Provider
NGA
Imagery / Maps
Terrain / Elevation
• World maps
• Aeronautical and topo maps
• World terrain:
– GNC (1:5,000,000)
– JNC (1:2,000,000)
– ONC (1:1,000,000)
– TPC (1:500,000)
– JOG (1:250,000)
– TLM (1:100,000-1:25,000)
– DTED Level 0 ~ 1 km spacing
– DTED Level 1 ~ 100 m spacing
– DTED Level 2 ~ 30 m spacing
• Defense related imagery
USGS
• Topo maps (DRGs)
• Aerial imagery (DOQs)
• TerraServer
• Digital elevations of USA (mostly in DEM
format)
• NED (National Elevation Dataset)
• World Terrain (GTOPO30 1km spacing)
NASA
• Remote sensing missions (e.g.
Landsat)
• Mars MOLA data
• SRTM (shuttle radar topography mission)
NOAA
• Navigation charts
• ETOPO2 (4km spacing)
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Create your own custom data!
Tool
Imagery / Maps
relief images
GlobalMapper •• Shaded
Various shading options
• Vertical exaggeration
• Subsets and mosaics
• DEM creation
• Hole filling
STK
ArcMap
AGI
• Shaded Relief
• Embed cartographic data in an image
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Free Resources
• GIS Data Depot
– http://data.geocomm.com
• NASA Landsat Geocover
– https://zulu.ssc.nasa.gov/mrsid
• NGA Raster ROAM
– http://www.nga.mil
• USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
– http://seamless.usgs.gov
• Map Mart
– http://www.mapmart.com
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Ordering checklist
• What data format is required?
• Geographic extent of your aoi?
• What resolution?
• What level of correction?
• How many concurrent users?
• When is the data needed?
• Projection or horizontal datum?
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AVO Hardware requirements
• Fast processor with 1gb RAM
• AGI supported graphics card
• Open GL v1.2 or better with STK 6.2
• Latest Graphics Driver
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Using Commercially Available Imagery and
Terrain Data with STK
Part 2
Sean Boyer
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Importing Imagery & Terrain
Imagery Data
Chunk Image
Converter
BMP
CADRG
CIB
IMG
JP2
NTF
PGM
PNG
PPM
SID
TGA
TIF
• single images
• multiple images
• terrain region
3D Imagery
Visualization
.PDTT
Terrain Data
DTE (MUSE)
DEM
HDR (GTOPO30)
DMED
LBL
HDR (AGI Terrain)
G98
DTED DT0-5
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.PDTTX
Load
Terrain
into STK
Terrain
Converter
3D Terrain
Visualization
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Globe file anatomy
.GLB
Globe File
World
Texture Map
.WTM
Imagery
Inlay
Imagery and
Terrain Data
.PDTTX
.PDTTX
Terrain
Inlay
.PDTT
Inlay
Inlay
World Texture Map
Wireframe
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AVO Optimization settings
• Application Level
– Chunk Terrain Cache:
• Scenario Level
– Chunk Image Cache:
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