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