Interactive 3-D visualization: A tool for seafloor navigation, exploration and engineering
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Abstract
Recent years have seen remarkable advances in sonar technology, positioning capabilities, and computer processing power that have revolutionized the way we image the seafloor. The massive amounts of data produced by these systems present many challenges but also offer tremendous opportunities in terms of visualization and analysis. The authors have developed a suite of interactive 3D visualization and exploration tools specifically designed to facilitate the interpretation and analysis of very large (10s to 100s of megabytes), complex, multi-component spatial data sets. If properly georeferenced and treated, these complex data sets can be presented in a natural and intuitive manner that allows the integration of multiple components each at their inherent level of resolution and without compromising the quantitative nature of the data. Artificial sun-illumination, shading, and 3D rendering can be used with digital bathymetric data (DTMs) to form natural looking and easily interpretable, yet quantitative, landscapes. Color can be used to represent depth or other parameters (like backscatter or sediment properties) which can be draped over the DTM, or high resolution imagery can be texture mapped on bathymetric data. When combined with interactive analytical tools, this environment has facilitated the use of multibeam sonar and other data sets in a range of geologic, environmental, fisheries, and engineering applications.
| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | Interactive 3-D visualization: A tool for seafloor navigation, exploration and engineering |
| DOI | 10.1109/OCEANS.2000.881373 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Marine Technology Society |
| Description | 7 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE conference and exhibition. Conference proceedings |
| First page | 913 |
| Last page | 919 |
| Conference Title | OCEANS 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition |
| Conference Date | September 11-14, 2000 |
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