SEGen Server (SEGen) generates the necessary imagery and raster material for consumption by STAGE. SEGen generates the raster material that provides the terrain awareness required to affect the ability of ground based entities to move across certain types of terrain. In addition, it provides the ability to create custom behavior for any entity that is affected by the type of terrain in front of the platform.
Types of effects include:
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The speed and turning ability of a tank to cross a paved road versus a gravel area
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Aircraft landing on a grass runway versus an actual runway
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The inability of a vehicle to cross a marsh area
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The inability of a person to cross a marsh
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The preference of a person to avoid a marsh area as part of a behavior
The value of a combined SEGen Server & STAGE solution:
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Worldwide data coverage without the overhead of a static database (disk size)
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The ability to support higher resolution data than is currently provided without the time to author in a content creation tool
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The removal of the requirement for the simulation group to coordinate with a database group, or to learn a new skill, in order to obtain higher resolution data for the entire world