Re: GIS

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Fernando Mato Mira (matomira++at++iname.com)
Mon, 06 Sep 1999 10:29:15 +0200


At 11:29 AM 9/3/99 -0700, you wrote:

>> I've always been curious regarding what that hardware is precisely (where
>> it is, how it integrates with IRIX, etc.)

Someone asked what I meant by `where': I meant if besides the gfx support
there was something specific to this in the I/O controllers, for example.

>> So, what about images resident in RAM but bigger than texture memory?
>
>You can always add texture memory management to your app and subload to
>the graphics over time.

But I don't want to do that! That incresases cost, and more importantly
_RISK_.
I'm preparing a tender, so I'm interested in how I can make my offer more
attractive basically `for free'.

>> [BTW, is anybody working on an OpenGL extension for texture compression,
>> now that there are chips supporting the Direct3D stuff?]
>
>It's actually pretty straightforward to support this using new internal
>format tokens. The only question is do you compress on download or

I just found this:

http://www.s3.com/s3tc/s3tcoglext.htm

NOTE: please don't Cc: to me. I already get info-perfomer, thanks.

Regards,

Fernando D. Mato Mira
Real-Time SW Eng & Networking
Advanced Systems Engineering Division
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