Extensions

The Carmenta Engine 3D Extension makes it easy to create stunning 3D maps, without the need for 3D modelling. Generate realistic 3D environments using any 2D or 3D geospatial data format supported by Carmenta Engine.

The 3D ground surface is generated on the fly using either elevation raster data or 3D point clouds, and can be textured with any combination of 2D map layers.

The generated ground surface can be seamlessly combined with detailed 3D meshes, e.g. to display 3D city models.

A comprehensive solution for itinerary calculation and accessibility analysis

In various systems, the mobility of terrain vehicles is a key component. Fire trucks dispatched to fight forest fires need to calculate the fastest route through uneven terrain. In force operations, to plan a mission successfully, an officer wants to ensure safe travel for allied vehicles, while anticipating the next moves of enemy forces. Carmenta offers highly dynamic and modular routing functionalities to answer the needs of mission-critical systems.

Combine map data and operational information

Most navigation systems in transport are oriented towards the search for optimal paths following the road network only, but cross-country navigation presents much more complex circumstances to take into account. When advancing through terrain, an optimal route also depends on the slope and the type of soil. The Carmenta Engine terrain vehicle analysis provides comprehensive support for defining these terrain characteristics using elevation, land cover and road network map geographical data in any format supported by Carmenta Engine.

In addition, the Carmenta Engine routing module makes it easy to add dynamic information about operational constraints. In many tactical scenarios, access to normally traversible areas can be restricted by the operator. Such forbidden areas can for example be defined from real-time weather data, highlighting flooded fields or areas with low visibility; or they can come from an analysis of enemy line-of-sight, a too dangerous area to enter. The routing algorithm gauges which areas are impossible to reach or enter under any circumstances, and which areas are passable but not recommended to enter, and then optimises the itinerary accordingly.

A streamlined terrain vehicle model makes it easy to define characteristics, such as the maximal speed for each terrain condition or for each road, as well as dimensions, weight and more. Combining map data, operational constraints and vehicle types makes the terrain routing calculations a process tailored to the requirements of any system.

Using 2D maps gives a good overview on a situation and powerful options to plan routes, but it is often harder to understand the profile of the terrain followed by the route, and the obstacles encountered. Having access to a vertical view of a defined route is a key feature in a lot of aeronautical applications, as well as mission panning or battle management systems for ground-based vehicles. The Carmenta Engine Vertical Profile Extension helps the operator ensure that the route doesn’t encounter forbidden airspaces, or that the slopes are not too steep.

The extension generates a vertical profile along a route or a flight corridor, cutting through both raster and vector data sources, such as elevation, terrain classification, airspaces, road network, and more. The geospatial data can be accessed in real time, using any of the 70 geospatial data formats that Carmenta Engine supports, including common military formats like Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED).

Efficient utilisation of terrain and obstacle data sources is a key feature in a lot of aeronautical applications. To this end, the Vertical Clearance extension provides a highly configurable functionality to calculate the terrain and obstacle clearance along flight routes.

The clearance analysis benefits from Carmenta Engine’s core functionality. Terrain and obstacle data can be accessed in real time, using any of the 70 geospatial data formats that Carmenta Engine supports, including common military formats like Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). The flight route and its corridor can both be dynamically updated in real time from the map, and the clearance calculated on-the-fly using the new route.

The Terrain Warning Extension enables you to apply a colour-coded terrain awareness visualisation to both 2D maps and 3D environments.

Carmenta Engine evaluates the altitude difference between a flying aircraft and the ground, within a certain radius around the aircraft. Using the calculated altitudes, an entirely configurable colour overlay is applied directly to the map views, making it a must-have feature in any system that tracks live aircrafts, such as UAV ground control stations.

Visibility Analysis

The Carmenta Engine Visibility Analysis Extension allows you to perform high performance visibility calculations in both 2D maps and 3D city environments.

The line-of-sight calculation uses elevation data to compute the regions that have a free line of sight to the position of an observer. The computation is extremely rapid – it is designed to be computed on the fly for moving objects. Multi-resolution data sources can be used to further improve the performance of the calculation.

The result of the calculation consists of raster values that specify at which altitude an object has to be in order to be seen at a certain position. This can be used to create a colour coded display of the result. The result can also be intersected and visualised in a vertical profile. Many configurable sensor parameters, such as lobe size, maximum range and refraction means that the calculation can also be used for determining the line of sight from regular or phased array radar systems.

Instant visualization of GRIB files

The GribDataSet makes it possible to read meteorological data in the GRIB format, and the output can be used as any raster in Carmenta Engine, either for direct visualization, or as input to other geoprocessing operators.
With the PointSampleOperator you can sample raster values into attributes on point features, and this can be used together with the new WindBarbSymbol that makes it easy to visualize wind direction and speed.

Hardware Accelerated Rendering of Extremely Dynamic Objects

The Carmenta Engine Plot and Radar Video extensions are supplementary packages for systems that need to display radar plot overlays, radar intensity displays and other highly dynamic layers. Thanks to a highly optimized, GPU accelerated rendering pipeline, these extensions can handle millions of continuously moving objects.

Mission critical systems often need to handle real time data streams from external sensors such as radars. Handling such data streams can be challenging, especially when it comes to keeping the map display up-to-date with the rapidly changing information.

The Carmenta Engine Plot and Radar Video extensions are designed to make this task easy. The high performance of the components ensures that applications will be able to handle virtually any amount of plots, as well as continuously updated intensity displays, without slowing down the system.

Overlay Full Motion Videos onto your Carmenta maps – from any source

Real time video overlays can provide a crucial advantage for UAV Ground Control Stations and other systems that manage tactical video intelligence.

Overlaying a live video stream onto a map, from a UAV or other source, significantly increases the usability of the video, as everything that happens in the video is immediately georeferenced.

Powerful support for military overlays

Tactical Extension is a supplementary package that makes it easy to implement support for military overlays in your Carmenta Engine-based applications.

Tactical Extension supports tactical symbols and graphics according to the MIL‑STD‑2525 and STANAG 2019 APP-6 standards, and also contains a multitude of features that facilitate the development of C4ISR applications.

Carmenta Tactical Extension is a powerful development tool designed to meet the challenges faced when integrating complex military overlays in a Command and Control System. The data-driven visualisation and comprehensive symbol management ensure that the presentation is always kept up-to-date. With Tactical Extension it is easy to implement real-time situation displays that include advanced symbology.

Tactical Extension has been seamlessly integrated with Carmenta Engine and extends its already powerful overlay capability to a new level.

The Airspace Coverage Extension makes it possible to merge a number of viewshed volumes into a combined volume that represents airspace covered by a sufficient number of observers.

The functionality can also be used to show the parts of an airspace that lacks sufficient coverage, as in the picture below.

Hardware Accelerated Rendering of Extremely Dynamic Objects

The Carmenta Engine Plot and Radar Video extensions are supplementary packages for systems that need to display radar plot overlays, radar intensity displays and other highly dynamic layers. Thanks to a highly optimized, GPU accelerated rendering pipeline, these extensions can handle millions of continuously moving objects.

Mission critical systems often need to handle real time data streams from external sensors such as radars. Handling such data streams can be challenging, especially when it comes to keeping the map display up-to-date with the rapidly changing information.

The Carmenta Engine Plot and Radar Video extensions are designed to make this task easy. The high performance of the components ensures that applications will be able to handle virtually any amount of plots, as well as continuously updated intensity displays, without slowing down the system.

Combine S-57 and S-63 Charts with Maps and Overlays

The Carmenta Engine Nautical Chart Extension is a supplementary package for adding nautical charts to Carmenta Engine-based applications. The extension provides native, high-performance reading and rendering of maritime data according to the International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) S-57, S-63 and S-52 standards.

Combine charts and maps

Many Command and Control systems lack adequate map presentation over maritime areas. Conversely, the map display in many maritime systems would benefit from data sources like satellite imagery and town plans.

The Nautical Chart Extension bridges this gap by enabling systems to combine S-57 and S-63 charts with maps in any of the 70+ formats supported by Carmenta Engine.

The Nautical Chart Extension supports both ENC and NATO AML (Additional Military Layers) S-57 layers, as well as commercial charts protected by the S-63 Data Protection Scheme.

The Carmenta Engine Catalog Extension is a framework for providing applications with map configurations and corresponding data in a uniform way. Using a catalog like this decouples the application development from the data management, and the application developer does not need to know exactly which maps will be available on a deployed system. The application can retrieve a list of available maps and let the user select one, or it can rely on the data provider that there is always at least one map available with a certain name or other keyword.
It is possible to install new map configurations and data into an existing catalog, for instance covering new parts of the world, and the application will automatically detect the new data. Existing map configurations and/or data may be updated without changing the application, and new data will be added to existing map configurations.