using commercially available imagery and terrain data with stk part 1
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Using Commercially Available Imagery and Terrain Data with STK Part 1. Sean Boyer. 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) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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
Part 2Sean Boyer
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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: