VISIG© is a tool for calculating and visualizing the radiance of solid bodies in space. It produces time varying radiance maps. Object radiance is calculated at the user-specified wavelengths as the sum of the componenets due to self-emission and reflected sunshine and earthshine. VISIG is used by the defense community to estimate the brightness of spaceborne objects to aid in the design of sensors and algorithms for tracking and discrimination. VISIG uses Graphics Library routines to project the object from a sensor perspective and to remove hidden surfaces. The system on which VISIG runs should have 24 bits of RGB and a z-buffer. VISIG is currently at version 3.0 with version 4.0 due by August 1994.
William Cornette
Senior Staff Scientist
Photon Research Associates, Inc.
5720 Oberlin Drive
San Diego, CA 92121
USA
619-455-9741
619-455-0658 (fax)
wmc@photon.com
For applications in related solution areas, see the following indices: Aerospace, Combat Simulation, Engineering Visualization, Model Visualization, Optical Signature Simulation, Simulation, Visual Simulation, the developer index for Photon Research Associates, Inc. and the market segment index for Visualization Tools.
VISIG is a Copyright of Photon Research Assoc.
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