Cargo.toml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 [features]
 default = []
 app = ["dep:eframe"]
+hgt = []
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.6.1", features = ["derive"] }

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This repository currently contains:
 - A first-pass knowledgebase under `docs/knowledgebase/`.
 - An implementation roadmap under `docs/plans/`.
 - Legal and reference-material hygiene notes under `docs/legal/` and `docs/research/`.
+- A clean-room terrain import boundary with project-owned `ovp-text` fixtures and an SRTM/HGT byte importer behind the `hgt` Cargo feature.
 
 ## Development
 
@@ -29,6 +30,20 @@ cargo run --features app --bin openvistapro_app
 The optional app shell is gated behind the `app` feature so default CLI builds stay GPU-free.
 It opens an `eframe`/`egui` window titled `OpenVistaPro` with scene controls and a CPU-rendered terrain preview.
 
+Importer status:
+
+- `ovp-text`: project-owned plain-text heightfield fixture format used for tests.
+- `hgt`: enabled by the optional `hgt` Cargo feature; parses SRTM HGT payloads as square grids of big-endian signed 16-bit metre samples. The implementation and tests use open specifications and synthetic/tiny fixtures only.
+
+To verify the importer feature surface:
+
+```bash
+cargo test hgt
+cargo test hgt --features hgt
+cargo run --features hgt --bin openvistapro -- info
+cargo test --no-default-features
+```
+
 The default `render` mode writes a deterministic top-down elevation preview.
 Passing `--camera-demo` switches to the current CPU perspective renderer spike:
 a simple pinhole-camera raymarcher with bilinear height sampling, fixed step

src/cli.rs

@@ -121,7 +121,14 @@ pub fn supported_presets() -> &'static [&'static str] {
 }
 
 pub fn supported_importers() -> &'static [&'static str] {
-    &[]
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    {
+        &["hgt"]
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "hgt"))]
+    {
+        &[]
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn info_text() -> String {
@@ -257,10 +264,30 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "hgt"))]
     fn supported_importers_is_empty_for_now() {
         assert!(supported_importers().is_empty());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "hgt"))]
+    fn hgt_importer_is_hidden_when_feature_is_disabled() {
+        assert!(!supported_importers().contains(&"hgt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    fn supported_importers_lists_hgt_when_feature_is_enabled() {
+        assert!(supported_importers().contains(&"hgt"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    fn info_text_lists_hgt_importer_when_feature_is_enabled() {
+        let text = info_text();
+        assert!(text.contains("hgt"), "got: {text:?}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn info_text_contains_program_name_and_version() {
         let text = info_text();

src/import.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 //! elevation rows. `unit` is `meters` or `feet`. After the headers, the body
 //! holds exactly `width * height` whitespace-separated decimal samples in
 //! row-major order. Blank lines and `#` comments are ignored anywhere.
+//!
+//! # The `hgt` format
+//!
+//! With the default `hgt` Cargo feature enabled, [`import_hgt`] reads SRTM HGT
+//! payloads: square grids of big-endian signed 16-bit elevation samples in
+//! metres. Tests use tiny synthetic byte arrays rather than real terrain tiles.
 
 use std::fmt;
 
@@ -201,6 +207,10 @@ impl From<TerrainError> for ImportError {
 /// Format identifier recorded for terrains parsed by [`import_ovp_text`].
 pub const OVP_TEXT_FORMAT: &str = "ovp-text";
 
+/// Format identifier recorded for SRTM `.hgt` terrains parsed by [`import_hgt`].
+#[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+pub const HGT_FORMAT: &str = "hgt";
+
 /// Import a terrain from the project-owned `ovp-text` plain-text heightfield
 /// format described in the module documentation.
 ///
@@ -274,6 +284,56 @@ pub fn import_ovp_text(source: &str) -> Result<ImportedTerrain, ImportError> {
     Ok(ImportedTerrain::new(grid, metadata))
 }
 
+/// Import a terrain from an SRTM `.hgt` payload.
+///
+/// SRTM HGT tiles are square grids of big-endian signed 16-bit elevation
+/// samples in metres. This importer operates on caller-provided bytes only, so
+/// tests can use tiny synthetic fixtures rather than real geodata or any
+/// proprietary reference material.
+#[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+pub fn import_hgt(source: &[u8]) -> Result<ImportedTerrain, ImportError> {
+    if source.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ImportError::InvalidDimensions {
+            width: 0,
+            height: 0,
+        });
+    }
+
+    let complete_samples = source.len() / 2;
+    let has_partial_sample = source.len() % 2 != 0;
+    let root = square_root_floor(complete_samples);
+
+    if has_partial_sample {
+        return Err(ImportError::SampleCountMismatch {
+            expected: complete_samples + 1,
+            actual: complete_samples,
+        });
+    }
+
+    if root * root != complete_samples {
+        let next_side = root + 1;
+        return Err(ImportError::SampleCountMismatch {
+            expected: next_side * next_side,
+            actual: complete_samples,
+        });
+    }
+
+    let mut samples = Vec::with_capacity(complete_samples);
+    for bytes in source.chunks_exact(2) {
+        samples.push(i16::from_be_bytes([bytes[0], bytes[1]]) as f32);
+    }
+
+    let side = root as u32;
+    let grid = HeightGrid::new(side, side, samples)?;
+    let metadata = TerrainSourceMetadata::new(HGT_FORMAT, side, side, ElevationUnit::Meters);
+    Ok(ImportedTerrain::new(grid, metadata))
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+fn square_root_floor(value: usize) -> usize {
+    (value as f64).sqrt() as usize
+}
+
 fn parse_dimension(key: &str, value: &str) -> Result<u32, ImportError> {
     value
         .parse()
@@ -486,4 +546,99 @@ unit: feet
         assert_eq!(imported.metadata().format(), "ovp-text");
         assert_eq!(imported.metadata().elevation_unit(), ElevationUnit::Meters);
     }
+
+    // ---- import_hgt ----
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    fn hgt_bytes(samples: &[i16]) -> Vec<u8> {
+        samples
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|sample| sample.to_be_bytes())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    #[test]
+    fn hgt_import_decodes_big_endian_signed_i16_square_grid() {
+        let bytes = hgt_bytes(&[10, -20, 300, -400]);
+
+        let imported = import_hgt(&bytes).expect("2x2 HGT fixture should import");
+
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().width(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().height(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().sample(0, 0), Some(10.0));
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().sample(1, 0), Some(-20.0));
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().sample(0, 1), Some(300.0));
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().sample(1, 1), Some(-400.0));
+        assert_eq!(imported.metadata().format(), "hgt");
+        assert_eq!(imported.metadata().width(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(imported.metadata().height(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(imported.metadata().elevation_unit(), ElevationUnit::Meters);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    #[test]
+    fn hgt_import_reports_min_max_from_decoded_samples() {
+        let bytes = hgt_bytes(&[123, -32768, 0, 32767, 45, -90, 12, 999, -1000]);
+
+        let imported = import_hgt(&bytes).expect("3x3 HGT fixture should import");
+
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().width(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().height(), 3);
+        assert_eq!(imported.grid().min_max(), Some((-32768.0, 32767.0)));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    #[test]
+    fn hgt_import_rejects_missing_samples() {
+        let bytes = hgt_bytes(&[1, 2, 3]);
+
+        let err = import_hgt(&bytes).expect_err("3 samples cannot form a square HGT grid");
+
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                err,
+                ImportError::SampleCountMismatch {
+                    expected: 4,
+                    actual: 3
+                }
+            ),
+            "got: {err:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    #[test]
+    fn hgt_import_rejects_odd_byte_count_as_invalid_sample_count() {
+        let err = import_hgt(&[0x00, 0x01, 0xff])
+            .expect_err("HGT samples are two-byte signed big-endian integers");
+
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                err,
+                ImportError::SampleCountMismatch {
+                    expected: 2,
+                    actual: 1
+                }
+            ),
+            "got: {err:?}"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "hgt")]
+    #[test]
+    fn hgt_import_rejects_empty_payload() {
+        let err = import_hgt(&[]).expect_err("empty HGT payload has no dimensions");
+
+        assert!(
+            matches!(
+                err,
+                ImportError::InvalidDimensions {
+                    width: 0,
+                    height: 0
+                }
+            ),
+            "got: {err:?}"
+        );
+    }
 }