Hyper-Elevation Modeling of Terrain, Topography, and Urban Environments Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2009.1 Topic No.: N091-026 Topic Title: Hyper-Elevation Modeling of Terrain, Topography, and Urban Environments Proposal No.: N091-026-1166 Firm: Diamond Visionics LLC 400 Plaza Drive, Suite-A Vestal, New York 13850-3649 Contact: Timothy Woodard Phone: (607) 729-8526 Web Site: www.diamondvisionics.com Abstract: Image Generation systems today currently can not easily represent Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) with unique but important topographical features such as tunnels, overhangs, multi-level highways, etc. These types of features must be hand-crafted in an off-line process with the final static implementation loaded at run-time. All abstract information defining the feature as well as scalability is lost with this approach. In this SBIR, we propose a new approach where the abstraction of this feature data is preserved by creating the scene directly from the abstraction data itself. We will load this topographical feature source data during run-time along with the other source data directly to the scene. This underlying scene will be updated to allow dynamic interaction with these features during a training simulation exercise. We will use an XML-based approach to assemble various types of feature data that is loaded upon at run-time. This XML-based approach will be extended to support the existing military database re-use initiatives, such as NPSI, MSB, CDB and SE Core. This approach allows topographical feature source data to be changed and then re-visualized with no intermediate processing steps. Benefits: Hyper-elevation modeling of terrain, topography, and urban environments has application in both the military and the commercial worlds. Military applications include training military personnel (aviation, mounted, and dismounted) with a realistic changing world and providing analysis visualization of expected changes to the world from military events. Commercial applications include commercial, landscape, and natural resource planning and development; mining, construction, and natural disaster visualization of the dynamic changing world; and creation of more realistic scenarios for mission planning and rehearsal as well as geo-intelligence visualization and analysis. Diamond Visionics' purpose for proposing and developing the hyper-elevation modeling software for this Phase I SBIR is to provide greater realism and to provide a more dynamic (real world) environment for all of these markets thru new enhancements to our Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) tools GenesisRTT. Return