Landscape after construction of traffic line plays an important role in evaluating the visual effect of designed traffic line and the suitability of plan and vertical designs. This paper presents a method to create the overall three-dimension model combined by both the virtual traffic line model and around photo-realistic terrain model. In the overall three-dimension model, the traffic line mod...

This research work is concerned with the implementation of a shape from shading (SFS) technique for automatically generating a digital terrain model (DTM) using a single digitized aerial photograph of a terrain area with low signal (information) content. The mathematical model for the SFS is established based on the fact that the pixel’s gray level variations in image space are proportional to ...

Communicating planning results within expert groups or to local citizens is crucial for the planning process to be efficient. Although 2-dimensional representations are still predominantly used in spatial planning, recently digital 3Dvisualizations have become more common. However, the validation of simulations of virtual landscapes regarding their degree of realism has so far been neglected in...

It is generally accepted that the three-dimensional nature of the digital terrain model enhances our visualization of surfaces. Modern techniques enable a detailed landscape to be constructed as a facsimile of reality that provides an opportunity to move through or fly over the landscape. Given these benefits, it is little surprise that simulations using digital terrain models are employed as e...