When Redwood City, California-based Electronic Arts (EA) decided to make SSX, its latest snowboarding video game, it faced challenges in creating realistic-looking mountains. The solution was NASA's ASTER Global Digital Elevation Map, made available by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which EA used to create 28 real-life mountains from 9 different ranges for its award-winning game.


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    Title :

    Satellite Maps Deliver More Realistic Gaming


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2013-02-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English