Where is the Kaboom?

For years have we watched Marvin to scheme against the Earth. Now we will bring battle to him!

You must hurry and try to find his hide out on Mars.

You can check it out HERE

I have spotted a few land marks. He actually might be in one of those.

Marvin

Is that you?

Austria 10 meters DEM

I have tested software with 10 meters Austrian DEM.

Below are some scenes

Minor Bug Fixes to Terrain Tile Server

A few minor bug fixes applied about connection and services to Terrain Tile Server

Current version is 0.0.2b. Please upgrade to continue using.

Terrain Tile Server First Beta Release

Terrain Tile Server is a lightweight Quantized Mesh Tile Server.

Main difference from TGS server is this version is to be lightweight, only serving capable with minimum setup effort and hardware requirements.

It is to be used for TGS / STK Terrain Database files.

First Beta release is online

Beta Releases

• Windows x64 HERE

  This version is tested on Windows 10 and 7. Please provide feedback about your experiences.

Features

• Cesium STK Terrain Server dataset file format support
• Serve settings editable on the fly
• Tilsets can be added and removed on the fly
• Monitoring stats

Usage

Register with your email and receive your password vie email address

If you have your terrain file locally you can skip here and proceed to next step

Request a terrain database from remote server

You will receive download link vie email

Add your DB file and set up your serve path and details

You can change some settings if required

Hello,

In order to serve tiles generated, an easy way seemed to be required for most users without having compile or deploy a bunch of softwares.

Terrain Tile Server will do excatly that.

First beta release and test tilesets will be online soon.

Terrain Tile Server

Terrain Tile Server is a lightweight Quantized Mesh Tile Server.

Main difference fron TGS server is this version is lightweight and desktop aimed.

It is to be used for TGS / STK Terrain Database files.

First Beta release will be online soon.

Features

• Cesium STK Terrain Server dataset file format support
• Serve settings editable on the fly
• Tilsets can be added and removed on the fly
• Monitoring stats

Beta Terrain and Bathymetry Data

Hello,

I believe most of the readers are aware of www.terrainserver.com site that hosts Alpha version of terrain dataset. I call it alpha because it lacks many aspects like bug fixes and refactoring. It has a good quality and detail level but not as good as upcoming Beta tileset.

I call it beta because this tileset is very close for release and can be tested with your own data in near future. (At least it is planned to be). So for all those who wants to be a beta tester, get ready.

I suggest for you to prepare a different resolution, CRS, and data type DEM files. It is required to be less than 100MB in size.

Anyway, i have released first beta terrain tile set. Interestingly it has bathymetry data aswell. Detail level is up to 10 and it is derived from Topo15 dem.

You can view tileset here : HERE

Below you can see some of screenshots

Lighting Fix

Hello,

I have been working on previous lighting at tile edge fix. I have refactored main code part and result is better this time. I had to tweak a few parameters for precision since it strongly affects calculations.

Below you can see initial results. There is work to do yet, but the important thing is the result for now.

Before

After

Merlischachen DEM Preview

Hello,

I have never had the chance to try TGS with very high resolution data. After obtaining 5cm DEM data, i have generated a small part of Merlischachen. Thanks to this data, i have covered a bug and refactored software a little bit.

Here are screenshots and video.

Merlischachen - 1

Merlischachen - 2

STK and TGS

Hello,

After the summer break, now at work again. TGS is getting improved but still has much to do. Lately, i have added file support for STK terrain server file.

If you dont know what STK Terrain Server is, briefly it is official Quantized Mesh generator and server  for CesiumJS library.

 vs

Now with this support, you can have your database files served or generated with STK or TGS interchangeably whichever you prefer. (Ofc if you have purchased STK)


And one more note, TGS has another feature regarding this subject which i believe STK does not have support for it yet.

I will reveal it later on ;)

Monument Valley

Hello,

In between Colorado and Utah, i have generated a sample of NED 10m dem. Monument Valley and around it is uploaded to live server.

Enjoy

New Zealand

Hello,

New Zealand tileset with 8 meters dem is generated. Check it out

Pennsylvania 1 meters DEM

Hello,

I have tested software with 1 meters resolution data. Pennsylvania Carbon county is generated and results are here

PS: Values are in feet but treated like meters while generating tiles (My mistake obviously). So while viewing this dataset, please set terrainExaggeration  to near 0.3125

SRTM 30 Part I is Live!

Hello,

SRTM 30 meters resolution dataset generation is almost completed and is live with its first part for now. Dataset is online up to level  13 for whole SRTM data.

Soon other parts will become live aswell. You can check it out HERE

Yellowstone National Park

Everest and Halfdome

Hello,


Old datasets have been regenerated with latest settings. Also there is a new landmark Edirne. It has 5 meters resolution. You can check it out HERE

Update: 5 meters data is removed due to new tileset publishing.

Edirne 5 meters

Norway Fjords

Hello,

I have acquired 10 meters Norway elevation data and produced whole Norway tileset.

Norway is a hard one for application to test for tile generation because of its landscape. However, it seems tileset is very successful.

Norway is my favorite country for its nature. I would love to live there. So if you have an offer, i can
think about it :)

No more bounds

Hello again,

In previous posts, i have mentioned that lighting is not quite done yet and you may exprience hard lines at tile bounds. Initial bug fix is completed and now those lines are gone!

Of course there are things to do and it is not completely done yet but still, result seems better now.

Here are pre and post bugfix screenshots.

Left: Old , Right: New

Water Mask is revealed

Hello,

 Initial implementation of the water mask feature extension has been completed.

Check live demo HERE

Water Mask

Lighting at tile edges needs to be adjusted so you can experience hard lines at tile edges. This is a known issue.

Also this tileset is generated up to level 9. So any changes made will be affected up to 9 levels. Higher levels takes more time to generate,so they will be left as they are until project completion.

Support Himalayas

Hello again,

Generating Eastern Asia with SRTM 30 is completed. Here is a mountain view from Himalayas.

A View from Himalayas

Tileset is about to pass 2TB disk space and file count is approximating to 1 Billion files (715827882 without folders).

Therefore in order to make this project available for all, we need sponsorship for storage and distribution. Contact me if interested.

Is there a matter with Matterhorn?

Hello again,

Today i have completed European SRTM 30 tileset production. Here is the Mountain Mönch located in Alps

Left is TGS , Right is STK

However, same problem i have mentioned before strikes again. At mount Matterhorn SRTM data shows there is a crater. However, in fact there isn't one. I am adding links to original SRTM data and KML files. Please feel free to check it out. Is SRTM data flawed or something else is going on?


Update:  I have visualized raw SRTM data and it seems it really has a crater there. If anyone has corrected SRTM 30 1 arc second data, please point it out for getting it.

Matterhorn Crater

Matterhorn Crater

Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park

Hello again,


I have been working on project in many aspects and trying to progress them in parallel. Currently dealing with bug fixes in lighting since it is not quite done yet.

On the other hand, i am heavily testing stability and durability of the project by generating whole world terrain data in 30 meters resolution. Soon whole wide world will be online in 30 meters resolution.

Lately i have produced Australia region. In Australia, there is a national park called Uluru and Kata Tjuta

Uluru (near) - Kata Tjuta (far)

I wanted to share a glimpse of these important landmarks since i enjoy viewing them. Below you can see Uluru generated in TGS and STK respectively.

Uluru in TGS Generated

Uluru in STK

And below you can see Kata Tjuta in TGS and STK respectively.

Kata Tjuta in TGS

Kata Tjuta in STK