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DESCRIPTION

This free tool extracts gridded terrain elevation data from SEDRIS Transmittals (STFs) and creates National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) files and directories.

NOTE: For a complete description of the DTED specification, please refer to MIL-PRF 89020B, which can be found at the NGA web site.

RELEASE INFORMATION

This tool is compliant with the 4.0.1 release of SEDRIS technologies.

The application is linked statically, and additional documentation is included in the download. You do not need to download or install the SEDRIS SDK to use this tool.

FEATURES

• Searches STF for terrain elevation data in property grid form
• Creates a “DTED-like” file for each such property grid found
• Creates “DTED-like” directory hierarchy reflecting the geometry hierarchy generated by the GRIDS Converter
• SEDRIS 4.0.1 command line application with Java GUI

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LIMITATIONS

• Only handles terrain elevation data in geodetic coordinates
• Only tested with STFs created by the GRIDS Converter

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Hardware

• Recommended minimum CPU speed for Intel based machines is 500 MHz.
• Recommended minimum RAM for all supported platforms is 128 MB.
• Minimum disk space required is 100 MB.

Software

• Operating Systems Supported:
• Microsoft Windows
• Software Requirements: Java 1.3 or later runtime environment required for Java GUI

POINT OF CONTACT

Send email to help@sedris.org for questions or assistance in using this application.

As a minimum, please provide the following in your email:

• application name
• application version
• hardware architecture
• OS name and version
• detailed problem description

PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS

• Ports to other platforms: Linux (RedHat 7.2), SGI 6.5
• Update to SEDRIS 4.1 compatibility

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Installation Instructions

PLATFORM	SIZE
Sun 5.7	7.4M
Win 98/Me/2k/NT/XP	4.8M