David H. Whittington (dhw3314++at++aw101.iasl.ca.boeing.com)
Fri, 9 Jun 1995 10:00:06 -0700 (PDT)
I came across a possible source of worldwide DTED and correlated
high res (10m) Landsat texture data from a unusual source called
Weathernews. They currently supply fly through renderings(generated with
an ONYX frame-by-frame) to TV News Stations with superimposed 3D
clouds. I have talked to Robert Lindgren there about providing the
DTED data and the corresponding natural colored LANDSAT data - already
geo corrected (registered). You might want to talk to him about their
capabilities and ask for the video demo tape so you can see what they do.
Weathernews Inc.
333 W. El Camino Real, Suite 270
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
408-522-8350
bobl++at++wni.com
Second topic - check out Flight Unlimited, a new PC Flight Sim
for terrain/texture rendering on a PC. A very good job in my estimation
even though it really requires a Pentium 90/8mb ram and a good video card.
The texture resolution appears to be in the 10 foot region and extends
for maybe 10-20 miles before being reflected to provide an "infinite"
gaming area. I would challenge our own group to develop a ".flt" file
that matches up!
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