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Foil 77 T4: Applications of 3D Terrain Rendering for Geographical Information Systems

From Collaborative and Interactive Visualization Project Overview Kickoff Meeting at NPAC -- October 17,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE

This uses same 30 meter Landsat images combined with Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at 100 meter (horizontal) resolution
This has applications not only to education (Living Schoolbook) but also to business and scientific visualization -- for instance ....... !
Enjoy a high altitude fly-by (virtual field trip for kids) of your city, state, country or Mars (courtesy of JPL)
Analyse your business competition by showing the relation between population density and the location of competing businesses and their profits
Animation of weather formations -- such as thunderstorms and lake effect snow -- on realistic background
Demonstrate the effect of geographical features on weather and ocean current
Analyse the relationship between pollution and population density


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