Online Documentation for the VTP Software

For end-users

Applications

• Enviro - 3D Runtime Environment
  • slightly dated, but excellent Enviro documentation in Italian (2007)
• VTBuilder - Virtual Terrain Builder
• CManager - Content Manager
• vtocx - ActiveX control (experimental)
• BExtractor - Building Extractor (deprecated)

How-to

• Overview of using the VTP software
• How to add external models to your VTP scene
• How to use Blender with VTP/OSG

Tutorials

• Tutorial 1: Convert and Display a Simple Elevation Data
• Tutorial 2: Roads and a Large River
• Tutorial 3: Satellite and Aerial Images
• Tutorial 4: Creating and Viewing a Paging Tiled Dataset
• Tutorial 5: Placing Wind Turbines near a US City
• In Romanian Language:
  • Explorarea 3D a realităţii geografice folosind VTP. Primii paşi.
  • Navigare 3D într-o pagină web folosind controlul ActiveX VTP (vtocx)

For developers

Libraries

• Overview of libraries used by the VTP software
• vtdata: Overview / Class Reference
• vtlib: Overview / Class Reference

Some vtlib / vtdata Shared Functionality Topics

• Vegetation
• Roads

File formats

• BT (elevation grid)
• VTST (structures)
• VF (vegetation)
• Loc/VTAP (locations, animation paths)
• ITF (TINs)