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Earth Explorer overview |
| 1) What is Earth Explorer |
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Earth Explorer is a powerfull tool designed to extract
topographics maps data and
to view them with a 3D render. Earth Explorer features (in the
final version : beta features may differ):
- A full topographic map processor to generate height map.
- A character recognition (check the spelling...) module.
- An OpenGL terrain engine.
- A fully skinnable GUI.
- An highly customizable module system.
- A user-friendly installation interface.
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| 2) The chart data processor |
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| 3) Characters recognition |
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| 4) The terrain engine |
The terrain engine has the following features :
- Software optimisation such as frustum culling, quad tree, lod
- Texture generation
- raw Height map loading (up to 2048*2048 size)
- detail textures (require a ARB's multi texture extension).
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| 5) system requirement |
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Minimal Requirement:
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Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP, or Linux (gcc 2.96, kernel 2.4.) (Mandrake
8.2 was tested...) with XFree 3.3.6+GLX extensions.
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PII 300mhz.
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128 mb ram.
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Fully OpenGL 1.2 compatible Video Card, with
approriate drivers.
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25 mb hardisk for installation + 25 mb for cache files.
Recomended Requirement:
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Windows (2000, XP or higher) or Linux
(Mandrake 8.2 was tested.) with XFree 4.0 or higher.
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Athlon or Pentium III at 800mhz or higher.
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512 mb ram (the more you have ram, the best it
is...).
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Nvidia GeForce 2 graphic adapter or higher.
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200 mb hard disk space (only if you are using
the texture cache...).
Optional Components:
Note:
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It is not recommended to run Earth Explorer with
sofware driver such as Mesa under Linux or the Default OpenGL driver
supplied by Microsoft under Windows.
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Earth Explorer was developed under Windows XP and
Linux Mandrake 8.2 with GeForce 2 Graphic adapter.
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Earth Explorer is also available under BSD, but
with software OpenGL .
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