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Figure 6-21: Radar Beam Simulation
The radar then uses a beam simulation to process the above information and construct an image representing the content of each small beam sections. The intersection of the beam
pie slice is compared with the line feature’s position and converted into an image whose intensity is based on the computed RCS of the line features. As mentioned above, the
RCS value which is modeled internally in the radar simulation takes into account the properties which are derived from the attributes of each line feature.
6.13.2 Road Following Example
Figure 6-22: Network Dataset Used to Describe a Navigable Network, illustrates how line features can be used to describe a navigable network; the example could represent a
network of roads. First, the application reads a vector line file describing the chains, then the vector point file describing the junction nodes. For each junction nodes the
application makes up a list of attached chains ending up with a network as illustrated in Figure 6-22: Network Dataset Used to Describe a Navigable Network, where there are six
chains labeled in this example as CSLID1 to CSLID6 that are joined through intersection nodes labeled in this example as CSZID1 to CSZID6. The small black dots
represent points forming the segments of a chain; they are essentially used to describe the deviation from a straight line between nodes.
In Figure 6-22: Network Dataset Used to Describe a Navigable Network, the green line shows an example of what a shortest path algorithm could determine if asked to find the
shortest route between CSZID1 and CSZID5 based on the lengths of the chains. First, the algorithm would move to CSZID2 via the chain CSLID1; when at CSZID2 it has two
alternatives, either take CSLID4 or use CSLID3 and CSLID6. In our example it would have determined that the latter alternative is the shortest path; the entity would then
follow the path given by the green line going through all the segments in the chains.
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Figure 6-22: Network Dataset Used to Describe a Navigable Network
6.13.3 Point Feature Radar Simulation Example
The following diagram represents a typical usage of a point feature as modeled in the CDB data store for a typical radar client-device. The radar client-device extracts the
point feature from the data store using the format described in the Standard and constructs an object. The constructed object will contain the necessary information for
the radar to compute the equivalent radar image using the radar cross-section RCS of the object over the terrain; the RCS is derived from the point features characteristics.
NOTE: The example below illustrates the use of point-feature data by a radar client- device. However, we recommend that the radar client-devices use the
modeled representation of the feature rather than the feature location, type and attribution data.
In Figure 6-23: Objects Represented on a Terrain Tile, a series of different objects are represented on a terrain tile. The objects are modeled as single point of zero dimensions
in radar. The radar will position the different points according to their geographic position and altitude. The height data corresponds to a height of the feature with respect
to the terrain.
CSLID1
CSLID2 CSLID3
v v
v CSZID1
CSZID4 CSZID3
CSZID2
CSZID5
CSZID6 v
v v
v CSLID4
CSLID6
CSLID5 CSLID chainID
CSZID Node ID
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Figure 6-23: Objects Represented on a Terrain Tile
The necessary information needed by radar is typically:
1. Feature Code: This information indicates if the feature is a tree, a pylon, or a
