Virtual Reality in Geography.

By: Fisher, PeterContributor(s): Unwin, D | Unwin, DavidMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: London : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (417 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780203305850Subject(s): Geography -- Computer simulation | Virtual realityGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Virtual Reality in GeographyDDC classification: 910.2856 LOC classification: G70.28.V57 2003Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Virtual reality in geography: an introduction -- Introduction to VR and technology -- Geography in VR: context -- Virtual archaeologies and the hyper-real: or, what does it mean to describe something as virtually-real? -- Web-based virtual environments -- Virtual reality and GIS: applications, trends and directions -- Visual exploration of virtual environments -- Creating information-rich virtual environments with geo-referenced digital panoramic imagery -- Virtual landscapes -- Introduction -- Visualizing sustainable agricultural landscapes -- The application of VR modelling in assessing potential visual impacts of rural development -- Multi-resolution virtual environments as a visualization front-end to GIS -- Visualizing the structure and scale dependency of landscapes -- Providing context in virtual reality: the example of a CAL package for mountain navigation -- A Tour of the Tors -- Virtual cities -- Introduction -- Data collection issues in virtual reality for urban geographical representation and modelling -- Virtual world heritage cities: the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya reconstructed -- Visualizing data components of the urban scene -- Virtuality and cities: definitions, geographies, designs -- 'Other' worlds -- 'Other' worlds: augmented, comprehensible, non-material spaces -- Explorations in AlphaWorld: the geography of 3D virtual worlds on the Internet -- Visualizing data quality through interactive metadata browsing -- There's no there there: virtual reality, space and geographic visualization -- Virtual reality: an exploratory tool for investigating the cognitive mapping and navigational skills of visually-impaired people -- Multi-modal virtual reality for presenting geographic information -- Index.
Summary: created for researching and teaching using techniques from the field of virtual reality. Of great interest to those working in GIS, Geography and Computer Science.
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Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Virtual reality in geography: an introduction -- Introduction to VR and technology -- Geography in VR: context -- Virtual archaeologies and the hyper-real: or, what does it mean to describe something as virtually-real? -- Web-based virtual environments -- Virtual reality and GIS: applications, trends and directions -- Visual exploration of virtual environments -- Creating information-rich virtual environments with geo-referenced digital panoramic imagery -- Virtual landscapes -- Introduction -- Visualizing sustainable agricultural landscapes -- The application of VR modelling in assessing potential visual impacts of rural development -- Multi-resolution virtual environments as a visualization front-end to GIS -- Visualizing the structure and scale dependency of landscapes -- Providing context in virtual reality: the example of a CAL package for mountain navigation -- A Tour of the Tors -- Virtual cities -- Introduction -- Data collection issues in virtual reality for urban geographical representation and modelling -- Virtual world heritage cities: the ancient Thai city of Ayutthaya reconstructed -- Visualizing data components of the urban scene -- Virtuality and cities: definitions, geographies, designs -- 'Other' worlds -- 'Other' worlds: augmented, comprehensible, non-material spaces -- Explorations in AlphaWorld: the geography of 3D virtual worlds on the Internet -- Visualizing data quality through interactive metadata browsing -- There's no there there: virtual reality, space and geographic visualization -- Virtual reality: an exploratory tool for investigating the cognitive mapping and navigational skills of visually-impaired people -- Multi-modal virtual reality for presenting geographic information -- Index.

created for researching and teaching using techniques from the field of virtual reality. Of great interest to those working in GIS, Geography and Computer Science.

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