Re: DFAD/DTED-loader

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Richard McDonald (richard++at++gossamar.paradigmsim.com)
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 10:51:00 -0600

On Apr 1, 11:27am, Wilfred Janssen wrote:
> Subject: DFAD/DTED-loader
> Hi there,
> Is there anybody who knows a=of a DFAD/DTED loader for Performer. It is
> a format for terrain data of the US Army (I believe).

It is a format for terrain data sponsored by the US Department of Defense.
DTED is essentially terrain height above MSL, while DFAD is a line, polygon
representation of ground features. Modelling packages, such as MultiGen,
use data in this format to construct realistic terrain models.
DTED/DFAD has a LOT of problems wrt real-time rendering. Because of
the processing required, this is usually done off-line, and the results
are interpreted by a common loader.

> regards,
>
> Wilfred
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