Landscape Modeling Digital Techniques for Landscape Visualization

Name: Landscape Modeling Digital Techniques for Landscape Visualization
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ISBN: 9780071357456

ISBN-10: 0071357459

ISBN-13: 9780071357456

Edition: 2002

Authors: Stephen Ervin, Hope Hasbrouck

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From two preeminent Harvard landscape architects comes this first-ever guide on how to use state of the art 3D modeling and animation tools, combined with GIS data and advanced rendering techniques, to produce visualizations of landscapes and landscape elements, especially terrain, water, and atmospheric effects. Combines technical tools with the contextual information needed to apply them to the design, planning, and simulation of small-and large-scale land uses, from gardens to regional plans. Provides an array of full-color illustrations and step-by-step tutorials, plus a CD containing interactive modeling formulas and algorithms, demo software, and more. Landscape architects, renderers,…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 7/30/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.288
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
Landscape Modeling
Introduction to Landscape Modeling	p. 1
Two-Dimensional Models	p. 12
Three-Dimensional Models	p. 18
Operations in 3D Modeling	p. 20
Rendering	p. 23
Presentation	p. 26
Calculations from 2D and 3D Models	p. 28
Dynamics: 4D Models	p. 30
A Brief History of Computer Graphics in Landscape Modeling	p. 34
Landform
Two-Dimensional Representations	p. 42
Three-Dimensional Terrain	p. 49
Operations on Terrain: Space Forming, Design Approaches	p. 84
Textures on Landform	p. 85
Terrain Visualization	p. 95
Calculations on Terrain: Analytic Models	p. 100
Dynamics - Procedural Models and Representations	p. 102
Vegetation
2D Models of Vegetation	p. 122
3D Vegetation Models	p. 127
Textures on Plant Material	p. 152
Visualization Concerns	p. 160
Plant Dynamics	p. 168
Water
2D Models of Water	p. 184
3D Models of Water	p. 185
Textures for Water	p. 190
GIS-based Hydrologic Models	p. 199
Water Dynamics	p. 201
Atmosphere
Illumination	p. 218
Shadows	p. 223
The Sky	p. 226
Clouds	p. 227
Weather	p. 230
Colors in the Landscape	p. 232
Atmospheric Dynamics	p. 234
Synthesis
Introduction - Putting It All Together	p. 239
Professional Practice	p. 244
Presentation and Output Media	p. 248
Data Sources	p. 258
Ethical and Representational Concerns	p. 262
Final Thoughts; Next Steps	p. 264
App. 1: Software	p. 269
App. 2: Glossary	p. 273
Index	p. 283
About the CD-ROM	p. 287
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