CTDB Format Basics
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 (Grid-ed or TIN-ed)
- Physical Features
- Trees, canopies, laid-linears (roads & rivers)
- Volume models
- Multi-Elevation Structures
- Abstract Features
- Areal feature boundaries (tree canopies, lakes, soil areas)
- Railroads, pipelines, etc.
- Polygon Attribute Table (PAT)