3 d visualisation of information

The Power of the Image

2011

3D visualisation of geography is easy;

how about 3D visualisation of information?

Richard Goodman

10 June 2011

The Power of the Image

2011 What am I talking about?

“Cartographers have spent millennia fine tuning beautiful

and practical symbology for the 2D, vertical

representation of geographic and human features.

Recently, computer game programmers have given us

the 3D visualisation environment, into which the existing

symbology is often pushed. However, these symbols

often do not stand up (literally) to the visual rigors of this

new environment. Can one symbol set deliver a

practical and beautiful representation of its information

in both the 2D and 3D views? If not, how can the same

mapping data be viewed in these different environments

without duplicating the data? Using some of the most

modern visualisation tools to demonstrate different

symbol displays from utilities, defence and government

mapping applications.”

“PROPER MAPPING”

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Introduction

3D GETS NOTICED

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3D explosion

PLA IN 3D

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Point features

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Point features

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Point features

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Point features

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Point features

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Point features

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Point features

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Point features

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Area Features

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Area Features

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Linear Features

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Linear Features

SYMBOL ISSUES IN 3D

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Scale

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Scale

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Scale

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Perspective

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Perspective

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Perspective

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Symbol Background

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Symbol Background

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Atmospheric effects

Scaling & reality of symbol models

Model origin

Other issues

The Power of the Image

2011 Mil 2525c

Home Office Civil Contingency Common

Symbology

Ordnance Survey

OGC – extend Styled Layer Descriptors (SLD)

(OGC 09-042)

3D Symbol standards?

The Power of the Image

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The Power of the Image

2011

Richard Goodman Principal Application Engineer

Security, Government & Infrastructure

Intergraph (UK) Ltd

Delta Business Park

Swindon SN5 7XP

M +44 (0)7977 256846

F +44 (0)1793 694999

richard.goodman@intergraph.com

www.intergraph.co.uk

The Power of the Image

2011 OGC – extend Styled Layer Descriptors (SLD) (OGC 09-

042)

Pegg, http://lazarus.elte.hu/cet/academic/pegg.pdf, Design

Issues with 3D Maps and the Need for 3D Cartographic

Design Principles

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/products/Infoscene/Explori

ngInfoscene.html

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