HgtReader

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• HgtReader v1.0

•                                                (c) Robert Rypula 156520
  

•                               Wroclaw University of Technology - Poland
  

•                                                  http://www.pwr.wroc.pl
  

•                                                       2011.01 - 2011.06
  

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• What is this:

• - graphic system based on OpenGL to visualize entire Earth including
  

•   terrain topography & satellite images
  

• - part of my thesis "Rendering of complex 3D scenes"
  

• What it use:

• - Nokia Qt cross-platform C++ application framework
  

• - OpenGL graphic library
  

• - NASA SRTM terrain elevation data:
  

•     oryginal dataset
  

•       http://dds.cr.usgs.gov/srtm/version2_1/SRTM3/
  

•     corrected part of earth:
  

•       http://www.viewfinderpanoramas.org/dem3.html
  

•     SRTM v4 highest quality SRTM dataset avaiable:
  

•       http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/
  

• - TrueMarble satellite images
  

•     free version from Unearthed Outdoors (250m/pix):
  

•       http://www.unearthedoutdoors.net/global_data/true_marble/download
  

• - ALGLIB cross-platform numerical analysis and data processing library
  

•   for SRTM dataset bicubic interpolation from 90m to 103m (more
  

•   flexible LOD division)
  

•     ALGLIB website:
  

•       http://www.alglib.net/
  

• Contact to author:

•        phone    +48 505-363-331
  

•        e-mail   robert.rypula@gmail.com
  

•        GG       1578139
  

•                                               program under GNU licence
  

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