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Sean Boyer

Using Commercially Available Imagery and Terrain Data with STK

Part 1

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Supported Formats

Terrain Data

DTE (MUSE)DEM

DMED/DTED DT0-5HDR (GTOPO30)

LBL (MOLA)HDR (AGI Terrain)

G98 (Geodas)

Imagery Data

BMPCADRG

CIBIMG

GeoTiFFJP2NTFPGMPNGPPMSIDTGANITF

Visualization in STK

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Commercial Data

Provider Imagery

Digital Globe • Quickbird (sub meter)

Orbimage • OrbView satellite (1m)

Space Imaging(acquired by Orbimage)

• Ikonos (1m) • IRS (5m)• Resourcesat

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)

• Commercial Satellite imagery, some providers are:

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AGI Data

Provider Imagery / Maps Terrain / Elevation

AGI • Globes (1 km)– Planet Earth– GeoSphere– Face of the Earth

• STK/Terrain (1 km spacing)

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Public Domain & Government Data

Provider Imagery / Maps Terrain / Elevation

NGA • World maps • Aeronautical and topo maps

– 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)

• Defense related imagery

• World terrain:– DTED Level 0 ~ 1 km spacing– DTED Level 1 ~ 100 m spacing– DTED Level 2 ~ 30 m spacing

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

GlobalMapper • Shaded relief images• Various shading options• Vertical exaggeration• Subsets and mosaics• DEM creation• Hole filling

STK • Shaded Relief

ArcMap • 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

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Importing Imagery & Terrain

.PDTTX

Chunk ImageConverter• single images

• multiple images• terrain region

.PDTTTerrain Data

DTE (MUSE)DEM

HDR (GTOPO30)DMEDLBL

HDR (AGI Terrain)G98

DTED DT0-5

Imagery Data

BMPCADRG

CIBIMGJP2NTFPGMPNGPPMSIDTGATIF

3D TerrainVisualization

TerrainConverter

LoadTerrain

into STK

3D ImageryVisualization

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Globe file anatomy

Globe File

WorldTexture Map

Imagery and Terrain Data

.PDTT.PDTTX.PDTTX

ImageryInlay

.WTM

TerrainInlay

.GLB

Wireframe

World Texture Map

InlayInlay

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AVO Optimization settings

• Application Level – Chunk Terrain Cache:

• Scenario Level– Chunk Image Cache: