Landscape Modeling

Digital Techniques for Landscape Visualization

Stephen Ervin, Hope Hasbrouck

290 pages, parution le 01/09/2001

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Résumé

Design, plan, and simulate landscapes with computer modeling tools If you want to model how waterflows will be affected by an upstream dam, or how vegetation growth will respond to irrigation, state-of-the-art Landscape Modeling is for you! Developed by pre-eminent Harvard landscape architects Stephen Ervin and Hope Hasbrouck, it's the first-ever guide to integrating the two-dimensional capabilities of geographic information systems (GIS) and three-dimensional CAD systems in landscape planning. This resource brings together all the technical tools you need to analyze and manipulate landforms digitally, together with the contextual information needed to apply these tools for small- and large-scale land uses, from gardens to regional plans.

You get:

Techniques for analyzing, evaluating, designing, planning, and simulating specific landscape types and elements such as water, terrain, and vegetation
A CD loaded with interactive modeling formulas and algorithms, plus demo versions of key GIS and CAD softwares for land elements, together with how-to instructions
Full color international case studies with site plans, photographs, simulations, sound and other landscape effects, and virtual environments

Landscape Modeling

Ervin and Hasbrouck's Landscape Modeling introduces the Harvard educators' unique perspective on methods and procedures for visualizing the landscape. Their digital repertoire integrates computer-aided design (CAD), geometric modeling, and geographic information systems (GISs) with computer graphics and animation. This synthetic approach facilitates the digital translation of landscape and spatial experience, including the complex phenomena encountered in living with dynamic systems. Content is delivered through the development of models that focus on the three elements of landform, vegetation, and water. Topics include:

Generating 3D models from 2D CAD plans and geographic information
Illustrating landscape designs using photographic textures
Using lighting for visual effects in landscape models
Creating tours through virtual landscapes with 3D and animation
Displaying the effects of wind, weather, time, water action, and the seasons
Using modern procedural and object-oriented languages like Java to customize your digital landscape models
Choosing the appropriate level of representation for your design/communicative purpose

On the CD-ROM

Modeling formulas and algorithms
Full-scale, full-color case studies
Animations and QTVR models
3D models
Software tutorials
Key Internet links

Contents

Chapter 1: Landscape Modeling.
Chapter 2: Landform.
Chapter 3: Vegetation.
Chapter 3.3: 3D Vegetation Models.
Chapter 4: Water.
Chapter 5: Atmosphere.
Chapter 6: Synthesis.

L'auteur - Stephen Ervin

Stephen M. Ervin is Assistant Dean for Information Technology, and Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, at the Harvard University Design School. His articles on design and virtual landscapes have been widely published.

L'auteur - Hope Hasbrouck

Hope H. Hasbrouck is Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Design School. She teaches design and courses on the application of digital technologies in the study and practice of landscape architecture. Her research focuses on the development and application of digital representation models in landscape architecture practice, education, and research.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Mc Graw Hill
Auteur(s)	Stephen Ervin, Hope Hasbrouck
Parution	01/09/2001
Nb. de pages	290
Format	19 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1046g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780071357456
ISBN13	978-0-07-135745-6