Question How can I use HiRISE Digital Terrain Models with Orulex?

[Wishbone]

DTMs are absolutely detailed, with horizontal resolution of 1-2 meters.

http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/dtm/about.php

/me wants to use them in Orulex. How can I do that?

 

[Scruce]

PM Artlav about it.

 

[Wishbone]

Almost solved. The DTM files are amazing; the workflow is:
- extract the PDS label and binary raster with UNIX tail and head utilities
- create header for the raster
- import to LandSerf
- convert to TIN
- export
- tweak meshes

 

[Grover]

This would make a nice addon, but perhaps it needs a "tile" system, so it becomes possible to alter little bits at a time (so you can flatten an area for a cosmodrome or airport)

Cant wait to see!

 

[Wishbone]

A small update for those who would like to use the files: there's the pds2world utility automating header generation. Linky: ftp://pdsimage2.wr.usgs.gov/pub/pigpen/Perl/pds2world.exe

EDIT: Re: tiling. The shots are so tiny it may be impractical to break them up. I'm also considering tweaking vessel's touchdown points based on current location to allow landing on the terrain instead of inside the mesh. At least it is not fun to drive a rover in the interior of a pitch dark mountain.

 

[Wishbone]

EUREKA: the latest Blender 2.58.1 build by BrianSzep (at http://www.graphicall.org/93) has an importer from HiRISE files. With Vlad's mesh exporter, things are brightening up!