Release Information Manual Version 8.3.0 Table of Contents Preface ...................................................................................................................... 1 About the TerraLens® Platform ...................................................................................... 1 In This Manual ........................................................................................................... 2 Intended Audience ..................................................................................................... 2 1 Product Components ................................................................................................ 3 2 Supported Platforms ................................................................................................ 4 Operating Systems, Compilers, and Programming Languages .................................................. 4 Graphics Hardware and Drivers ...................................................................................... 6 3 New Features ......................................................................................................... 7 TerraLens 8.3.0 ......................................................................................................... 7 DEM GeoTIFFs ......................................................................................................... 7 WMTS MapServer ..................................................................................................... 7 WMTS MapSource..................................................................................................... 7 WMS MapSource ...................................................................................................... 7 Integration of Custom Map Formats .............................................................................. 8 Querying the Map Source to Retrieve Map Data Records ..................................................... 8 Text Following Lines in Maps ...................................................................................... 8 3D Model Formats .................................................................................................... 8 Field of View (FOV) Control ........................................................................................ 8 TerraLens 8.2.1 ......................................................................................................... 9 Map Format Support ................................................................................................. 9 WMS Display ........................................................................................................... 9 Military Graphics ................................................................................................... 10 Querying TerraLens License Availability ....................................................................... 10 Interpreting and Displaying Numerical Map Data Values.................................................... 10 GeoVideo Display .................................................................................................. 11 TerraLens 8.2.0 ....................................................................................................... 12 Mapping .............................................................................................................. 12 StyleSheet Application .................................................................................................................................... 12 Control of S-57 and DNC features in StyleSheets ........................................................................................... 12 DTED Multi-Level Support .............................................................................................................................. 12 TerraLens 5x Map Archives ............................................................................................................................ 12 OpenGL Features ................................................................................................... 12 OpenGL Render Strategies ............................................................................................................................. 13 Anti-aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering Control ............................................................................................... 13 Image Primitive Performance ......................................................................................................................... 13 ® Release Information Manual (TerraLens.RIM.R830.00) Page ii 3D Features ......................................................................................................... 13 Atmosphere Rendering .................................................................................................................................. 13 GeoCurtain Visualization ................................................................................................................................ 13 Primitive Interpolation ................................................................................................................................... 13 World Model .................................................................................................................................................. 14 BasicGroup3D ................................................................................................................................................. 14 TerraLens 8.1.0 ....................................................................................................... 15 MapSource and Stylesheet Support for GDI and X11 Graphics Version ................................... 15 Retrieving Map Source Information ............................................................................. 15 Querying the Map Source to Retrieve Map Data Records ................................................... 15 Compositing TerraLens with other Graphics .................................................................. 15 Converting Primitives to Map Sources .......................................................................... 16 Support for Raster Maps without a Table of Contents file ................................................. 16 Support for GeoTiff, TIFF and ESRI Maps with External Projection Information........................ 16 Support for Planar Multi-spectral TIFF ......................................................................... 16 Map Layer Cache Mode for Display ............................................................................. 17 Map Source Merging ............................................................................................... 17 Map Source Conversion: Extraction Type and Tile Size ..................................................... 17 Radial Grids ......................................................................................................... 18 3D Performance .................................................................................................... 18 Optional Geoid Model .................................................................................................................................... 18 Terrain Detail Level ......................................................................................................................................... 18 Version Compatibility ............................................................................................. 18 World Offsets in 3D ........................................................................................................................................ 18 Known Limitation in TerraLens 8.1.0 ........................................................................... 19 TerraLens 8.0 .......................................................................................................... 19 New Map Handling Process in OpenGL version ................................................................ 19 Simplified Runtime Use ........................................................................................... 19 Map Style Sheets ................................................................................................... 19 New MapPresentation Class ...................................................................................... 20 Extended MapGroup Class ........................................................................................ 20 Extended MapLayer Class ......................................................................................... 20 Managing Map Data ................................................................................................ 20 Access to Map Feature Data...................................................................................... 20 Improved Performance when Adding and Removing Presentations ....................................... 21 Determining the TerraLens Release at Runtime .............................................................. 21 GeoTiff projection support ....................................................................................... 21 BigTIFF support ..................................................................................................... 21 Retrieving Map Resolution of Tiled Source .................................................................... 21 ® Release Information Manual (TerraLens.RIM.R830.00) Page iii RPF Map Data Boundaries .......................................................................................