On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Jean-Sébastien Guay < jean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com> wrote:
> Hi Glenn, > > With osgEarth you can generate a terrain model at run-time by connecting >> to a wide variety of imagery and elevation data sources, including WMS, TMS, >> Google maps, TIFF files, and more. Or extend it by writing your own driver. >> > > Wait, I don't quite get it. What is the relation (if any) between osgEarth > and VPB? Is osgEarth kind of like VPB since it generates terrain databases, > but with the difference that it does it on request instead of as a > pre-process, and also that it goes and fetches the necessary data from > standard sources automatically? That's right J-S. osgEarth never actually writes any terrain geometry to disk. Rather, it generates terrain tiles at run time as you navigate the scene. The only relationship to VPB is that they both use osgTerrain. Glenn
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