TerraTools® Plug-in for SOCET SET
SOCET SET

The TerraTools plug-in for BAE Systems' SOCET SET® allows users to create a completely automatic visualization of complex urban areas at each stage of compilation. The combination of a tight, end-to-end image-to-feature-to-visualization production loop and SOCET SET's user-friendly interface allows photogrammetric workstation operators to directly produce 3D geospatial visualizations without a significant investment in new technology, training, or background in real-time computer graphics.

  • Imagery ingest for phototextured terrain and/or backdrops
  • Conversion of SOCET SET features into TerraTools' feature representation
  • Reuse of OpenFlight models exported by SOCET SET and ingested into a TerraTools model library
  • Full integration between SOCET SET and TerraTools projects

Installation of SOCET SET 5.0 or higher and TerraTools 3.5 or higher on a Windows 2000/XP® workstation with the following minimum configurations:

  • OpenGL compliant graphics card
  • 1GHz processor
  • 512MB RAM
  • 20GB hard drive

Source Data Preparation and Real-time 3D Visualization

SOCET SET provides powerful source data preparation tools supporting the generation of orthophotos and extraction of geographic features from imagery. This includes high-detail, phototextured 3D building models, Digital Elevation Models (DEM), point locations for urban features, building footprints, and street outlines. TerraTools combines direct import of this data with powerful urban visualization technology to create polygon-efficient, cartographically-accurate, and geospecific representation of the land surface for real-time 3D visualization on low-cost graphics workstations.