Terrain Simulation Links
This is a special collection of links to pages concerning terrain simulation. Right now it is somewhat unstructured and some entries have only very far relation to terrain simulation.
These links lead to external resources. I am not responsible for their content, they are just meant to show things I found interesting.
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Terrain Maker | by Eric Jorgensen |
| quite old, but very easy to use heightfield generator, only for DOS, uses subdivision algorithm, generates only 512x512 pixel 8bit gif-files. | |
| http://www.ericjorgensen.com/html/tm.htm |
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Leveller | by Daylon Graphics |
| very powerful heightfield program supporting a lot of different file formats and algorithms via plugins. For Windows only, free demo version available. | |
| http://www.daylongraphics.com/products/leveller/index.htm |
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Terragen | by Planetside Software |
| Easy to use Program generating quite impressive Landscape scene without special knowledge. | |
| http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/ |
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GenesisII | by Geomantics |
| Landscape builder with internal rendering capabilities, for Windows, a free downloadable version exists. | |
| http://www.woolleysoft.co.uk/software.html |
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World Builder | by David L. Allen |
| Program simulating also climate and continent drifts, not tested, available for Windows, Linux and Solaris, can export pov-format. | |
| http://jendaveallen.com/builder/world/index.html |
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Generating Terrain | by Carl Burke |
| A very good overview of common terrain simulation algorithms, but last updated in 1996. | |
| http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6902/terrain.html |
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Generating Random Fractal Terrain | by Paul Martz |
| Text about the theoretical basics of terrain simulation. | |
| http://www.gameprogrammer.com/fractal.html |
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Erosion 3D | by Walter Alexander Schmidt |
| Water Erosion simulation program, not yet tested. | |
| http://www.geog.fu-berlin.de/~erosion/ |
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Virtual Terrain Project |
| Large site about different things related to Terrain simulation | |
| http://www.vterrain.org/ |
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On Synthetic Terrain Erosion Modeling:A Survey | by Ivo Marák |
| An theoretical overview about existing erosion algorithms | |
| http://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/studentwork/CESCG97/marak/ |
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Terrain Analysis and Erosion Modeling | by Helena Mitasova and Lubos Mitas |
| Illustrated description about how to simulate terrain erosion | |
| http://www2.gis.uiuc.edu:2280/modviz/viz/erosion.html |
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Water Erosion Prediction Project | by National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory |
| Simulation program focusing on agricultural aspects. | |
| http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/nserlweb/weppmain/wepp.html |
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Wind Erosion Simulation Models | by Wind Erosion Research Unit |
| Short description of wind erosion with a link to a quite large and detailed PDF file. | |
| http://www.weru.ksu.edu/weps.html |
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Perlin Noise | by Hugo Elias |
| Detailed description of perlin noise. | |
| http://freespace.virgin.net/hugo.elias/models/m_perlin.htm |
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Plasma fractals | by Patrick Hahn |
| Description of a simple subdivision algorithm | |
| http://www2.vo.lu/homepages/phahn/fractals/plasma.htm |
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The Genesis Toolkit | by Joerg Schrammel |
| Tools for placing objects on a Povray-heightfield (Dos/Linux) | |
| http://www.schrammel.org/genesis.html |
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Emergence and erosion | by David Favis-Mortlock, John Boardman, Tony Parsons, Bruce Lascelles |
| A very detailed description of an erosion model. | |
| http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/ld/rg2geocomp/gc_86.htm |
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GDP - GRASS Documentation Project |
| About Grass, an open source GIS package. | |
| http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/gdp/index.html |
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Vue d'Esprit | by e-on software |
| Commercial program for generating Landscape pictures. (Windows) | |
| http://www.e-onsoftware.com/ |
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TruFlite | by Martin D. Adamiker |
| Terrain Visualization program, free demo available. (Windows) | |
| http://www.truflite.com/ |
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Wilbur | by Joe Slayton |
| A very useful free program for terrain editing/generating, supports a lot of different file formats. (Windows) | |
| http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~jslayton/software.html |
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Kashmir 3D | by Sugimoto Tomohiko |
| Terrain Viewing and Rendering program with GIS capabilities. (Windows) | |
| http://www.kashmir3d.com/index-e.html |
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3DEM | by Richard Horne |
| Terrain viewing program with animation output (Shareware, Windows) | |
| http://www.visualizationsoftware.com/3dem.html |
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xmountains | by Stephen Booth |
| A simple program included in many linux distributions demonstrating the subdivision algorithm. | |
| http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~spb/xmountains/index.html |
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MICRODEM | by Peter L. Guth |
| MICRODEM displays and merges digital elevation models and satellite imagery from different sources | |
| http://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem.htm |
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Open Source Remote Sensing Effort |
| A website about development and usage of open source remote sensing programs | |
| http://www.remotesensing.org/ |
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3D Fractal Landscapes | by Jon Shemitz |
| explaining a triangular subdivision algorithm | |
| http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/pubs/3D_Fractal_Landscapes.html |
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Digital Landscape Modeling and Visualization | by Stephen M Ervin |
| A long illustrated text about landscape visualization | |
| http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/~servin/ascona/ |
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GMT - The Generic Mapping Tools | by Paul Wessel and Walter H. F. Smith |
| A set of tools to manipulate and display map data | |
| http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ |
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GROGRA - Growth Grammar Interpreter | by Winfried Kurth |
| Program simulating growth of trees | |
| http://www.uni-forst.gwdg.de/~wkurth/grogra.html |
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Terraform | by Robert Gasch and David A. Bartold |
| height field program for linux | |
| http://terraform.sourceforge.net/ |
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Water and Wind Erosion Tools | by National Water and Climate Center |
| links to some tools for erosion simulation. | |
| http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/water/quality/common/erosion/erosiontools.html |
