Cesium ION Quality Has Arrived

PTS is refactored and calibrated to produce terrain quality as much detailed as Cesium ION one if not better. Soon it will be online and replace old World High Resolution Terrain.

World Tileset is available

Finally World Tileset is ready ! It has many data curated already and will be more incoming. Currently the coverage is stated as below:

- 90 meters Antarctica
- 90 meters Arctic Area
- 90 meters above 60N Russia
- 30 meters World Wide except above areas
- 10 meters  USA and Alaska
- 10 meters Iceland
- 10 meters Australia
- 10 meters Norway
- 8 meters New Zealand
- 5 meters for Luxembourg

More will be joining to this high resolution dataset and improvements will be made.

This tileset is also available for sale. You can preview from www.terrainserver.com

World 90m Tileset is available for sale

World Tileset 90m whole world resolution is available for sale. Lighting and Water extensions supported. Preview link https://www.terrainserver.com/world90m

World Tileset

Hello,

I have been busy and quiet for a while. TGS software is completed in many core output product property aspect. There are some user interface and controller enhancements to go on as well as some minor tweaks and refactoring. But finally, it is ready to produce world tileset.

I have experimented with some ASTER DEM files and previously produced SRTM tiles on the way. Despite it is quite usable, i will support it with other products.

ASTER DEM - Spitsbergen, Near North Pole

World Tileset is planned to include 30 meters for whole wide world, 99% of the land masses. Other than that, regionally 25, 10 ,8 ,5 ,3.4, 2 , 1 and 0.4  meters datasets will be incorporated.

It will be quite detailed and include vast amount of dem data in terabytes level.

Generation process has begun , but it will take a major amount of time to finalize, at least 30 meters part at this moment.

Beta Interface And Tileset Merge

Hello,

Tileset generation beta interface and dataset merge is now completed. This is very early test version. You can see video down below to get an idea about how it will be

So...What is up ?

I have been lazy lately. I must confess i did not have much time to deal with multiple data sources process. However i have implemented first part of process.Gets input files prepared as requested by source, and produces seamless merged output. But still there is work to do.

I must prepare input files not by hand but let code take care of it as well. Currently i am doing that. And i am going to need a UI.

Also it just hit me to add some more components to speed up process. But that is another story. Until then. Take care

Multiple Data Sources

For a few weeks, i have been working (mostly taking some time off aswell but husshh) on data merge about different resolutions , CRS systems and data types. Mind map and proof of concept is completed and now i have to advance to implementation phase.

This will require some major modifications on software and i dont know when it ends. It will require a significant amount of refactoring and new implementations. There will be need for a user interface for management aswell.

I will leave here a screenshot for now about how it will roughly result in.

Different data resolutions

Mercury As It Is

As the final chapter of the planet series, i have chosen Mercury. If any more data becomes available to visualize an entire planet, please let me know and i will try to generate them as well.

You can view Mercury in HERE

Fly Me To The Moon

Well i think most knows Sinatra's this song. Conveniently we also have 3d model of the moon now.

I would like to thank NASA and who has a part in it, gathering vast amount of quality data about planets and make this possible today.

You can explore it in HERE while listening to this song. Planet is at original scale.

PS: Loading images may take time, you may experience late loading of the other hemisphere

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.

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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