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Foil 45 T4:GIS - 3D Terrain Rendering in VRML

From Web Technologies as a Revolution in Teaching at K-12 and University Level APS-AAPT Joint Meeting IBM Watson Research Center -- April 12-13 1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox * Critical Information in IMAGE
Data is stored in Illustra Database System
  • Terrain shape data - elevation and color data
  • Embedded object data - objects that are on the surface
VRML representation is created in real time when requested
The same data may be visualized in various ways (terrain, objects)
Parameters like resolution, size, altitude magnification, etc. are set by the user
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University, npac@npac.syr.edu

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