CTDB Format: Physical Features

• Tree lines

  • Stored as a linear set of points.
  • Additional information:
    • Trunk Radius
    • Foliage Height
    • Fullness
    • Total Height
  • Affects intervisibility and acts as a obstacle to vehicle movement.

• Individual Trees

  • Stored as tree line with only one point.

• Tree Canopies

  • Stored as a set of polygons representing the roof of the canopy.
  • The fullness of the canopy is also stored to represent the density of the forest area.
  • Canopy polygons are used in intervisibility calculations.

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