Package com.openinventor.inventor.geo

Class SoGeoLOD

java.lang.Object
com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor
com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase
com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer
com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode
com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoGroup
com.openinventor.inventor.geo.SoGeoLOD
All Implemented Interfaces:
SafeDisposable
public class SoGeoLOD extends SoGroup
Level-of-detail management for multi-resolution terrains. The SoGeoLOD node allows applications to build massive tiled, multi-resolution terrain models where the viewer progressively loads higher resolution detail as you fly into the terrain.

The SoGeoLOD node provides a terrain-specialized form of the LOD node. It is a grouping node that specifies two different levels of detail for an object using a tree structure, where 0 to 4 children can be specified, and also efficiently manages the loading and unloading of these levels of detail. The level of detail is switched depending upon whether the user is closer or further than range meters from the geospatial coordinate center. The center field should be specified as described in 25.2.4 Specifying geospatial coordinates. The geoSystem field is used to define the spatial reference frame and is described in 25.2.3 Specifying a spatial reference frame. When the user is outside the specified range, only the geometry for rootUrl or rootNode are displayed. When the viewer enters the specified range, this geometry is replaced with the contents of the four children files defined by child1Url through child4Url. The four children files are loaded into memory only when the user is within the specified range. Similarly, these are unloaded from memory when the user leaves this range. Figure below illustrates this process. The child URLs shall be arranged in the same order as in the figure; i.e., child1Url represents the bottom-left quadtree child. It is valid to specify less than four child URLs; in which case, the SoGeoLOD should switch to the children nodes when all of the specified URLs have been loaded. This latter feature can support tree structures other than quadtrees, such as binary trees.

The rootUrl and rootNode fields provide two different ways to specify the geometry of the root tile. You may use one or the other. The rootNode field lets you include the geometry for the root tile directly within the file; whereas the rootUrl field lets you specify a URL for a file that contains the geometry. The result of specifying a value for both of these fields is undefined.

File format/default:

GeoLOD {

    center 0 0 0
    child1Url []
    child2Url []
    child3Url []
    child4Url []
    geoSystem ["GD","WE"]
    range 10
    rootUrl []
}

Action behavior:

SoGLRenderAction, SoCallbackAction, SoGetBoundingBoxAction, SoRayPickAction, SoGetPrimitiveCountAction

  • Field Details

    • geoSystem

      public final SoMFString geoSystem
      Defines the spatial reference frame.
      Valid values are:
      • GC: Earth-fixed Geocentric with respect to the WGS84 ellipsoid.
      • GD: Geodetic spatial reference frame.
        An optional second string may be used to specify the ellipsoid using one of the ellipsoid codes that are defined in X3D. If no ellipsoid is specified, then "WE" is assumed (the WGS84 ellipsoid).
      • UTM: Universal Transverse Mercator
        One further required argument must be supplied for UTM in order to specify the zone number (1..60). This is given in the form "Zn", where n is the zone number. An optional argument of "S" may be supplied in order to specify that the coordinates are in the southern hemisphere (otherwise, northern hemisphere will be assumed).

    • child1Url

      public final SoSFString child1Url
      First child url : bottom-left quadtree child.

    • child2Url

      public final SoSFString child2Url
      Second child url : up-left quadtree child.

    • child3Url

      public final SoSFString child3Url
      Third child url : up-right quadtree child.

    • child4Url

      public final SoSFString child4Url
      Fourth child url : bottom-right quadtree child.

    • rootUrl

      public final SoSFString rootUrl
      Url of the file that contains the root tile geometry.

    • range

      public final SoSFFloat range
      World-space distance to use as switching criteria.

    • center

      public final SoSFVec3d center
      Object-space center of the model.

  • Constructor Details

    • SoGeoLOD

      public SoGeoLOD(int nChildren)
      Constructor that takes approximate number of children.

    • SoGeoLOD

      public SoGeoLOD()
      Constructor.