What's New With TruFlite?
High Quality Images from SRTM Data (03/25/2007)
Two high resolution images using U.S. Bureau of the Census and USGS SRTM (Shuttle Rarad Topography Mission) data: Minneapolis and New Jersey/New York. Even though the quality is amazing, it did not take longer than 6 minutes to produce each of these two images, from the decision which city to render to the final result.
Joshua Tree National Park Flyover (01/21/2007)
A 55 MB NTSC compliant (MPEG2 Video 720x480 30.00fps) video.
TruFlite 5.11 Is Out (09/26/2006)
The latest version has added context sensitive help features, more multi-threaded conversion tasks and an ESRI ASCII grid import filter.
California MPEG (02/06/2006)
As an example, this MPEG animation of a flight over Southern California demonstrates TruFlite's incredible capabilities.
Panoramas (02/05/2006)
The Java based open and free panorama viewer PTViewer (c) Helmut Dersch is used to display 360 degree panoramas of three places in California.
To view panoramas, click here.
Using Finished SRTM Data (05/22/2004)
In accordance with NASA policy, the USGS EROS Data Center hosts and distributes SRTM data via the USGS Seamless Data Distribution System - Enhanced. http://srtm.usgs.gov
After reviewing and updating level II data, finished data sets are now available on DVD from the EROS Data Center. These data sets cover the United States area at one arc second resolution.
We will publish images made from the updated data this summer. Meanwhile, see our Gallery page for level II samples.
TFMAKE V5.0 Is Out (03/02/2004)
TFMAKE makes 3D terrain visualization child's play.
U. S. Representative (07/23/2003)
Brenton White joined us as an authorized TruFlite distributor and technical support center.
http://www.brentonwhite.com/truflite/index.htm
SRTM Samples Available (03/14/2003)
In accordance with NASA policy, the USGS EROS Data Center hosts and distributes SRTM data via the USGS Seamless Data Distribution System - Enhanced. http://srtm.usgs.gov
See our Gallery page for samples.