Static Terrain - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

A Static Terrain is the representation of terrain (e.g. mountains, hills, valleys) without the capability for modification during a simulation (e.g. a constructive soldier

Soldier

A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...

(i.e. battlespace entity) cannot dig a trench).

Dynamic Terrain
Dynamic Terrain
A Dynamic Terrain is the representation of terrain together with the capability for modification during a simulation A Dynamic Terrain is the representation of terrain (e.g. mountains, hills, valleys) together with the capability for modification during a simulation A Dynamic Terrain is the...
Synthetic environment
Synthetic environment
Synthetic environment refers to simulations on the internet that represent activities at a high level of realism, from simulations of theaters of war to factories and manufacturing processes...
Synthetic natural environment
Synthetic natural environment
A Synthetic Natural Environment is the representation in a synthetic environment of the physical world within which all models of military systems exist and interact...
Synthetic human-made environment
Synthetic human-made environment
In a synthetic environment, Synthetic human-made environment refers to the representation of buildings, bridges, roads, and other man-made structures.-Further reading:...
Glossary of military modeling and simulation
Glossary of military modeling and simulation
The DoD Modeling and Simulation Glossary , was originally created in 1998. Currently the glossary is in the process of being updated to include up to date information. The update to the glossary does not change the main objective to provide a uniform language for use by the M&S community...
DTED
DTED
DTED is a standard of digital datasets which consists of a matrix of terrain elevation values. This standard was originally developed in the 1970s to support aircraft radar simulation and prediction....
Topographic Engineering Center
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States with the primary mission of collecting, analyzing and distributing geospatial intelligence in support of national security. NGA was formerly known as the National Imagery and Mapping Agency ...

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