SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Quantum3D Inc. has delivered its GeoScapeSE Worldwide Database to Lockheed Martin for high-speed jet flight simulation.
The GeoScapeSE WWDB, used with the company's Independence IDX image generators, delivers a realistic, geo-specific representation of the Earth and is the industry's first commercial-off-the-shelf database built entirely from the highest resolution world coverage available.
"In order to deliver effective, real-world simulations, real-time training systems require continuous visual domain flight throughout multiple regions of the world," said Arthur Yan, president, of California's Quantum3D. "We have taken our extensive database experience and applied it to the GeoScapeSE WWDB to offer one of the most robust representations of the entire world, allowing companies like Lockheed Martin to rely on unparalleled global realism to meet their rigorous simulation demands."
Quantum3D said GeoScapeSE delivers high-quality global imagery with color matching and balancing between adjacent data sets. Unlike many platforms that use "geo-typical" graphics to approximate reality, GeoScapeSE WWDB delivers actual imagery at a variety of resolutions: 15m for all Earth landmasses outside the polar caps, 10m for the coterminous United States, and 5m to 1m for all areas of interest.
Drop-in, high-resolution insets can be added for custom configurations to a scene, such as airfields and target ranges in background terrain.
GeoScapeSE WWDB is optimized for fixed and rotary wing flight applications and provides environmental flexibility, allowing it to be used in a range of scenarios, including out-the-window, night vision goggles , infrared , electro-optical and radar real-time simulation.
