Compact Terrain Database

• Compact Terrain Database (CTDB) is highly compact terrain representation format used in JointSAF/ModSAF/OneSAF Testbed Computer Generated Forces (CGF)

• CTDB is composed of the following:

  • Terrain skin and bathymetry
  • Physical Features
    • Composed of trees, canopies, laid linears
    • Composed of volume models
    • Affect intervisibility
  • Abstract Features
    • Composed of areal feature boundaries (tree canopies, lakes, soil areas)
    • Used for path planning
  • Road and river networks

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