AGI Sean Boyer Using Commercially Available Imagery and Terrain Data with STK Part 1
AGI Supported Formats Terrain Data DTE (MUSE) DEM DMED/DTED DT0-5 HDR (GTOPO30) LBL (MOLA) HDR (AGI Terrain) G98 (Geodas) Imagery Data BMP CADRG CIB IMG GeoTiFF JP2 NTF PGM PNG PPM SID TGA NITF Visualization in STK
AGI Commercial Data ProviderImagery 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:
AGI AGI Data ProviderImagery / MapsTerrain / Elevation AGI Globes (1 km) – Planet Earth – GeoSphere – Face of the Earth STK/Terrain (1 km spacing)
AGI Public Domain & Government Data ProviderImagery / MapsTerrain / 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)
AGI Create your own custom data! ToolImagery / 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
AGI Free Resources GIS Data Depot – NASA Landsat Geocover – NGA Raster ROAM – USGS Seamless Data Distribution System – Map Mart –
AGI 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?
AGI 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
AGI Using Commercially Available Imagery and Terrain Data with STK Part 2 Sean Boyer
AGI Importing Imagery & Terrain.PDTTX Chunk Image Converter single images multiple images terrain region.PDTT Terrain Data DTE (MUSE) DEM HDR (GTOPO30) DMED LBL HDR (AGI Terrain) G98 DTED DT0-5 Imagery Data BMP CADRG CIB IMG JP2 NTF PGM PNG PPM SID TGA TIF 3D Terrain Visualization Terrain Converter Load Terrain into STK 3D Imagery Visualization
AGI Globe file anatomy Globe File World Texture Map Imagery and Terrain Data.PDTT.PDTTX Imagery Inlay.WTM Terrain Inlay.GLB Wireframe World Texture Map Inlay
AGI AVO Optimization settings Application Level –Chunk Terrain Cache: Scenario Level –Chunk Image Cache: