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Foil 26 Dual-Use Applications of InfoVision to Command and Control: 3D Interactive Terrain Navigation

From HPCC Defense Applications IDA Presentation -- October 31,1994. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

Basic Infovison service uses digital map and elevation data (from Satellites and USGS) combined with 3D rendering to allow interactive journeys
  • Including ability to "click" on terrain locations to obtain multimedia information
  • This is natural "Mosaic" interface for spatially labelled data
Educational application allows teacher to generate historical and cultural multimedia data and allow classes to explore in "virtual field trips"
Local Government applications allows City Planners to superimpose building CAD data to support wide scale 3D Planning
Tourist application allows travel agencies to offer virtual trips to potential vacation locations
Community application offers a full Interactive Yellow Pages
Defense Application allow Mission planners to navigate potential battlefields to find unexpected hazards and opportunities



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