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9780203305850

Virtual Reality in Geography

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  • ISBN13:

    9780203305850

  • ISBN10:

    020330585X

  • Copyright: 2004-02-03
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Virtual Reality in Geography covers "through the window" VR systems, "fully immersive" VR systems, and hybrids of the two types. The authors examine the Virtual Reality Modeling Language approach and explore its deficiencies when applied to real geographic environments. This is a totally unique book covers all the major uses and methods of virtual reality used by geographers. The authors have produced a CDROM that comes with the book of virtual reality images that will be a fascinating companion to the text. This book will be of great interest to geographers, computer scientists and all those interested in multimedia and computer graphics.

Table of Contents

Virtual Reality in Geography
Virtual Archaeologies and the Hyperreal
Web Based Virtual Environments
Virtual Reality and GIS: Applications Trends and Directions
Visual Exploration of Virtual Environment
Building Information Rich Environments Using Geo-Referenced Digital Panoramic Imagery: Some Thoughts, Examples & Experiences
Visualizing Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes
The Application of VR Modeling in Assessing Potential Visual Impacts of Rural Development
Multi-Resolution Virtual Environments for GIS
Visualizing the Structure and Scale Dependency of Landscapes
Providing Context in Virtual Reality
A Tour of Tors
Virtual Cities
Data Collection Issues in Virtual Reality for Geographical Representation
Verisimilitude of Representations in Cultural Heritage
Urban Modeler. Virtuality and Cities: Definitions, Geographies, Designs
"Other" Worlds, Augmented, Comprehensible, Non Material Spaces
Explorations in Alpha World: 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 Cartography
Virtual Reality: an Exploration Tool for Investigating the Cognitive Mapping and Navigation Skills of Visually Impaired People
Multimodal Virtual Reality for Presenting Geographic Information Virtual Cities and Built Environments
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