From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9822 invoked by alias); 27 Oct 2004 03:56:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 9810 invoked from network); 27 Oct 2004 03:56:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gencom001.gencom.us) (208.45.97.129) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 27 Oct 2004 03:56:22 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gencom001.gencom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A247C4F for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gencom001.gencom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gencom001.gencom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01264-01 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.100] (home [67.171.201.213]) by gencom001.gencom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CE5779D6 for ; Tue, 26 Oct 2004 20:56:25 -0700 (PDT) From: "D. Cooper Stevenson" Reply-To: cstevens@gencom.us Organization: GenCom To: xconq7 Subject: GIS Update Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:42:00 -0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200410270401.09702.cstevens@gencom.us> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at gencom001 X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01360.txt.bz2 All, Quick Take: During the game, you might see something like this (review): http://wiki.xconqgis.org/index.php?WhatGisImageMightLookLike The world size is the same as Normandy's, 186x159. I've recalibrated the image's resolution to match. The computer "sees" this: http://wiki.xconqgis.org/images/grass2xconq/seattle_lowres_large.jpg How about that? Now, this is really important. Note that these are images not of _elevation_ data; it's actual _landcover_ data! The landcover data translates directly into terrain types. Note too that exporting GIS elevation data is trivial. Very nice! I did a spot check and found that the ascii export and the low res image seem to coincide. I'll know for sure when I'm finished with the conversion script. The best news is that the entire process is capable of automation. This has the potential for real-time rendering wherever the tacticians wish to fight (or run). I hope to have 3D renderings soon. Just for fun, here's an image created with GIS data similar to the elevation data I'm using: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpegMod/PIA06668_modest.jpg What are your orders, commander? -Coop