Visualization of Digital Terrain and Landscape Data A Manual /

• Main Authors: Mach, Rüdiger (Author), Petschek, Peter (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Geography.; Computer graphics.; Computer-aided engineering.; Geographical information systems.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Landscape architecture.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Landscape Architecture.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

This book reflects a profound change that has taken place in the practice of landscape architecture and planning in the past twenty years. Traditional modes of representation – pen, pencil, watercolor, marker, et al – have been supplanted by digital modeling and animation. This transformation is not...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals and Data Source
• 3D Visualization of Terrain Data
• Using the Camera
• Lighting
• Vegetation
• Atmosphere
• Water
• Rendering & Post Processing
• Interaction with 3D Data
• Practical Examples.