DTED
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DTED (or Digital Terrain Elevation Data) was originally developed in the 1970s to support aircraft radar simulation and prediction.
DTED supports many applications, including line-of-sight analyses, terrain profiling, 3-D terrain visualization, mission planning/rehearsal, and modeling and simulation. DTED is a standard NGA product that provides medium resolution, quantitative data in a digital format for military system applications that require terrain elevation.
The DTED format for level 0, 1 and 2 is described in U.S. Military Specification Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) MIL-PRF-89020B, and amongst others describe the resolution:
- Level 0 has a post spacing of 30 arcseconds in latitude direction (ca. 900 meters)
- Level 1 has a post spacing of 3 arcseconds (ca. 90 meters)
- Level 2 has a post spacing of 1 arcseconds (ca. 30 meters)
In addition three more levels (3, 4 and 5) at increasing resolution have been proposed, but not yet standardized.
[edit] External links
- DTED at FAS.org
- MIL-PRF-89020B — DTED specification
