Class for processing and generating terrain type geometry.

The classes here are specifically aimed at the various tasks someone wanting to use or generate terrain information in their application. The code contains everything from a generic elevation grid creator to a fractal terrain generator.

Using the code

The classes here fit with the basic infrastructure defined in the parent package {@link org.j3d.geom} for the generator utilities. In addition to these, we add colorising capabilities. An example of all of the classes combined together can be seen in the following image.

The image is of the example terrain generator demo application included as part of the CVS module. you can see the parameters used for the {@link org.j3d.geom.terrain.FractalTerrainGenerator} on the right. In addition to this, it is using a {@link org.j3d.geom.terrain.ColorRampGenerator color ramp filter} with the following heights set.

Height Colour

0 0,0,1

0.2 1,1,0

1 0,0.6,0

3 0,1,0

8 1,1,1

Image processing code can act as a standalone, or preferably in combination with the {@link org.j3d.geom.terrain.ElevationGridGenerator} to create the geometry. For an example on this, see the ImageMapDemo in the examples/geometry directory.