Hi PaulB -- I looked at the data in Global Mapper and also see the
"columns", so this doesn't appear to be a VPB issue, rather an issue with
your data.
   -Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf 
> Of Paul Brewster
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: OpenSceneGraph Users
> Subject: Re: [osg-users] Anomalies using VirtualPlanetBuilder
> 
> Thanks Jason,
> 
> I guess the geo info was lost when I rescaled the image.  
> I'll include another GTiff with the info in it.  The NODATA 
> value is -32767, which is the smallest value possible, of 
> course.  I don't know the exact value of the bad areas, but 
> if you look closely, you can see craters on top of the 
> "plateaus", so I don't know if it is purely a NODATA problem.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Jason Beverage wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > I tried to take a look at the sample file you created, but 
> it doesn't 
> > have any coordinate system attached to it so can't reproduce the 
> > problems you were seeing with that data.
> > 
> > My gut feeling is that it has something to do with the handling of 
> > NODATA values in osgTerrain.  What are the actual pixel 
> values of the 
> > file you are using where the spikes are occurring?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Jason
> > 
> > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Paul Brewster 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Hey all,
> > 
> >     I'm using VPB to build some terrains and have found a 
> few anomalies
> >     going on.  I have a single 10240x10240 DEM of part of 
> the moon in a
> >     16-bit unsigned format.  I can run gdalinfo and 
> gdal_translate on it
> >     just fine, so I will include a 2.5% version of the DEM 
> so that you
> >     can see
> >     what I am talking about.  When I run "osgdem -l 1 
> --TERRAIN -d DEM.pds"
> >     everything works really well, except I get some areas 
> in the terrain
> >     that just don't look right.  My nice round craters 
> suddenly jump out
> >     into plateaus in the middle.  It appears that somebody put some
> >     monoliths in my moon craters.  Does anybody know what 
> is happening here?
> >        These anomalies are consistent throughout the 
> levels, even if I
> >     go all
> >     the way down to full resolution.  At first I thought 
> these might be from
> >     signed/unsigned problems.  But as I look at the data, 
> I'm not convinced
> >     that is true.  Anybody have any ideas what is going on? 
>  I'll include
> >     some pictures to show what I mean.
> > 
> >     Thanks for your help.
> > 
> >     Paul Brewster
> > 
> >     Oh, and here is the vital information:
> >     OpenSceneGraph: 2.3.5
> >     VirtualPlanetBuilder: 0.9.6
> >     GDAL: 1.5.0
> >     OS: CentOS 4.5 (linux)
> > 
> >     The header to my DEM:
> >     Driver: PDS/NASA Planetary Data System
> >     Files: LDEM20723Sm.LBL
> >     Size is 10240, 10240
> >     Coordinate System is:
> >     PROJCS["POLAR_STEREOGRAPHIC MOON",
> >           GEOGCS["GCS_MOON",
> >               DATUM["D_MOON",
> >                   SPHEROID["MOON_polarRadius",1737400,0]],
> >               PRIMEM["Reference_Meridian",0],
> >               UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]],
> >           PROJECTION["Polar_Stereographic"],
> >           PARAMETER["latitude_of_origin",-90],
> >           PARAMETER["central_meridian",0],
> >           PARAMETER["scale_factor",1],
> >           PARAMETER["false_easting",0],
> >           PARAMETER["false_northing",0]]
> >     Origin = (29.614999890327454,-29.614999890327454)
> >     Pixel Size = (59.229999780654907,-59.229999780654907)
> >     Corner Coordinates:
> >     Upper Left  (  29.6149999, -29.6149999)
> >     Lower Left  (      29.615, -606544.813)
> >     Upper Right (  606544.813,     -29.615)
> >     Lower Right (  606544.813, -606544.813)
> >     Center      (  303287.214, -303287.214)
> >     Band 1 Block=10240x1 Type=Int16, ColorInterp=Undefined
> >         NoData Value=-32768
> >         Offset: 1740000,   Scale:0.6
> > 
> > 
> > 
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