3D visualisations in simulations of future land use: exploring the possibilities of new, standard visualisation tools

Three-dimensional visualisations are an interesting method for representing model outcomes. But most visualisation techniques require expensive software, and a lot of time to create them. When a large set of visualisations is needed, or when the visualisations need to be adapted frequently, a faster and more flexible method is needed. The first step of the proposed model is to create the 3D elements. These elements are combined with the base map, and distributed to the public using Google Earth. Both freely available and commercial software are used in this process.