Research Of The Hexagon-Based Terrain Enviroment Modeling At Campaign Level

In the current world, warfare simulation is a very important mode to support the preparation of military conflicts. Battlefield environment is a core system for warfare simulation. And that terrain environment is a basic component of battlefield environment. Accordingly, the research of terrain environment is a base componet for a series of issue.Presently, there are much researches of terrain environment to support the running of warfare simulation systems. But they aim at engagement and tactics level manoeuver mostly, lacking the research about the terrain environment in campaign level.The paper discusses the modeling method of terrain environment in campaign level warfare simulation and its application. The content are:(1) The status of terrain environment modeling in campaign level warfare simulation is analyzed.(2) A Hexagon-Based Terrain Model (HBTM) is given out for the requirement of campaign level warfare simulation.(3) The modeling process of HBTM, reseach the hexagon-based dividition of warfare area and the expression method of terrain environment info are discussed.(4) The design and implementation for the terrain environment prototype system using HBTM are introduced.