Defense - Handhelds

Typical 3D software relies on modern video card capabilities. Handhelds have slow processors, limited RAM, low hard-drive throughput, and no floating point or 3D hardware acceleration, on top of battery consumption considerations. As such, typical 3D software is only ported to handhelds at the expense of badly degraded elevation detail.

Military consideration, be it visibility, trajectory, signal reception, guiding systems, low altitude flight, or ground cover, require detailed elevation resolution.

EarthDetails gains performance from its unique terrain algorithm. It was painstakingly designed to still perform even without floating point or 3D hardware, with minimal RAM and hard-drive use, and with great elevation detail.

Watch EarthDetails on a TomTom GPS.

With the increased use of technology on the battlefield and the illusive unmarked enemy, today's individual combat soldier is overloaded by information and burdened by split second decisions that can make the difference between destroying the enemy and inflicting friendly fire casualties.

By putting the 3D battlefield in the hands of the combat soldier, terrain, imagery, obstacles, access routes, kill zones, fire support base, friendlies and enemies, assets and targets, can be visually and intuitively comprehended at a glance. This will aid critical decisions in a high stress, fast tempo, environment.

Click here to see the detailed image that EarthDetails can fit on the screen of a military-grade ruggedized handheld like this TDS Nomad:

Situational changes can be punched in by soldiers and instantly shared over regular radio or satellite signals. Enemy can be located by touching a point on the 3D view. Others will be able to see these changes appear on their screen from their own vantage point. They will lift the camera and see what is over the hill.

Click an enemy location and a drop down appears with all the support weapons and assets that can currently strike that point. The soldier will be able to pick one and request support fire without tying up the company net for the time it takes to do a fire mission over voice.

Upon enemy contact, the handheld can output locations to the nearest dead ground to enemy fire.

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Highlights:

EarthDetails renders over 300 thousand rooftops, irregular high density LIDAR elevation data, and high resolution imagery supplied by OSI Geospatial for an entire county in the NorthWest.
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EarthDetails brings 3D to a TomTom GO In-Car GPS.

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EarthDetails renders the US West Coast with Geological Survey data.

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