Session duration: 4 days.

Target Audience

Format

Instructor-led course with lab book and hands on coding exercises

Topics Covered

• Introduction
  • An introduction to the course, content, and basic terms
• Database Performance Planning
  • Evaluating and planning for IG limitations
• Starting a Project
  • The Terra Vista User Interface
  • Data Import and basic examination 
  • Project organization and related tools
• Imagery
  • Import geospecific imagery    
  • Image conversions    
  • Produce image tiles for optimal terrain use
• Terrain
  • Import terrain source data    
  • Relating terrain design to imagery    
  • Design appropriate block and tile LOD structures    
  • Variable LODs    
  • Site integration and projection strategie
• Output
  • Defining Output    
  • Building Output    
  • Viewing Output    
  • Correction and Verification
• Culture
  • The Vector Editor    
  • Working with Processing Passes:    
    • Culture Layout    
    • Generate Passes    
    • Set Elevations    
  • Working with Culture:    
    • Bridges    
    •  Complex Lakes    
    • Floating Culture    
    • Models    
    • Scattering Culture    
  • Vector Manipulation    
  • Understanding Texture Resolution    
  • Increasing Border Size    
  • Changing Published Formats    
  • Processing Geospecific Imagery    
  • Creating High Resolution Insets    
  • Understanding Processing Passes    
  • Using the Vector Editor
• ETM (Optional)
  • Introduction to ETM Projects    
  • Roads: CutFill    
  • Bridges; Over/underpasses