3d modelling - interactive

Data structuring and enhancement:

Animation

Autodesk Drawing eXchange Format (DXF)

lifecycleStage:

creation

structuring

publishing

Data publishing and dissemination:

Tags:

Alternate tool(s):

Maya, Poser, Blender

Software/programming languages used:

Platform:

Licence:

Specifications:

Maya binary (.mb)

Maya ASCII (.ma)

Maya IFF (.iff)

Alias StudioTools (.wire)

OpenFlight (.flt)

Wavefront (.obj)

RenderMan (.rib)

RealTime Game format (.rtg)

Game Exchange 2 (.ge2)

STEP (.stp .step .ste)

IGES (.igs .iges)

VRML (.vrm .vrml)

By danafarra at Wed, 09/06/2010 - 17:11

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project: E-Curator: 3D colour scans for remote object identification and assessment

Grant Holder: Ms Sally MacDonald

The E-Curator research project "3D colour scans for remote object identification and assessment" is a project at UCL Museums and Collections. This project draws on UCL's expertise both in curatorship and in e-Science. It takes advantage of the presence at UCL of world class collections across a range of disciplines and of a state of the art colour scanner, the quality of which is unequalled in the UK. [read more]

tool: ArcExplorer

Purpose:

ArcExplorer is a custom mapping tool that can be used in a web browser. ArcExplorer allows you to perform a range of basic GIS functions such as display, query and retrieve data.

Features:

• Display and query a variety of standard data sources including ESRI shapefiles, ArcInfo coverages Images, ArcIMS services
• Pan and zoom through multiple layers and identify, locate, and query geographic and attribute data.
• Symbolize data based on attributes contained in the data layers to create thematic maps.
• Perform basic spatial analysis tasks on the geographic data
• Freely distributable data

A&H use case 1 description:

ArcExplorer was used in the Montréal l'avenir du passé (MAP) project to create a historical GIS research infrastructure for mapping the city of Montréal.

Publisher:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Software/programming languages used:

ArcExplorer

Data capture:

Use of existing digital data

Specifications:

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)

Bitmap (BMP)

Java

Communication and collaboration:

Classics and Ancient History

Suite:

ESRI Explorer

Discipline:

Archaeology

History

Data analysis:

Spatial data analysis

Data publishing and dissemination:

Web browser scripting

Tags:

GIS

geography

Geospatial computing

Geospatial technology

Strategy and project management:

Practice-led research:

Alternate tool(s):

ArcGIS Explorer, worldKit, GeoCommons

Data structuring and enhancement:

Licence:

Freeware

Platform:

GPS and total station surveys

lifecycleStage:

structuring

analysis

publishing

By natalie.hutchinson at Mon, 29/03/2010 - 10:41

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tool: ERDAS Imagine

Purpose:

ERDAS Imagine is a suite of geospatial authoring software. The suite contains a raster graphics editor and remote sensing application that performs advanced remote sensing analysis and spatial modelling to create new information. ERDAS IMAGINE can also visualize results in 2D, 3D, movies, and on cartographic quality map compositions.

Features:

• Image Analysis, Remote Sensing & GIS
• Parallel Batch Processing
• Spatial Modeling
• High Performance Mosaicking Engine in IMAGINE Advantage
• Expanded Change Detection Tools (with Zonal Change Detection)
• ERDAS ER Mapper Algorithms
• Converts over 190 Image Formats to all Major File Formats, including GeoTIFF, NITF, CADRG, JPEG, JPEG2000, ECW and MrSID
• Implements Comprehensive OGC Web Processing Service (WPS), Web Coverage Service (WCS), Web Mapping Service (WMS) and Catalog Services for the Web (CS-W)

A&H use case 1 description:

The North Sea Palaeolandscapes project used ERDAS Imagine to analyse 3D seismic datasets acquired on the United Kingdom continental shelf and explore Late Quaternary and Holocene geology over the area of the Southern North Sea.

Publisher:

Earth Resource Data Analysis System (ERDAS)

Creator:

Earth Resource Data Analysis System (ERDAS)

Software/programming languages used:

ERDAS Imagine

Data capture:

Remote sensing

Specifications:

Javascript

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Erdas Macro Language (EML)

Java

Ajax frameworks

J2EE

Communication and collaboration:

Resource sharing

Video-based interaction (asynchronous)

Suite:

ERDAS Imagine

Discipline:

Archaeology

Classics and Ancient History

Data analysis:

Data publishing and dissemination:

Tags:

GIS

Remote sensing

Geospatial technology

Raster image

multispectral images

Strategy and project management:

Human factors analysis

Practice-led research:

Alternate tool(s):

SPRING, Virtual Terrain Project (VTP),

Data structuring and enhancement:

Animation

Licence:

commercial

Platform:

GPS and total station surveys

lifecycleStage:

By natalie.hutchinson at Mon, 29/03/2010 - 10:22

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tool: ArcGIS

Purpose:

ArcGIS is a suite of software that comprises of Desktop GIS, Server GIS, Mobile GIS, and Online GIS. ArcGIS is a platform for building a complete geographic information system (GIS) that lets you easily create, edit, and analyse geographic knowledge on the desktop; publish data, maps, globes and models to a GIS server and/or share them online; and use them on the desktop, on the Web, or in the field.

Features:

• View and query maps
• Manipulate shapefiles and geodatabases
• Data manipulation, editing and analysis
• Mobile device enabled

A&H use case 1 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Mapping Medieval Chester project to integrate geographical and literary mappings of the medieval city using cartographic and textual sources and using these to understand more how urban landscapes in the Middle Ages were interpreted and navigated by local inhabitants.

A&H use case 2 description:

ArcGIS was used in the Troodos Archaeological and Environmental Survey Project to investigate the relationship between people and their environment, from the Neolithic period to the present day on the island of Cyprus. ArcGIS was used to gather, analyse and map geomorphological data.

Publisher:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Creator:

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)

Data capture:

Geophysical survey

Specifications:

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Java

Microsoft's .NET Framework

COM

Visual Basic

TCP/IP

Unified Modelling Language (UML)

Visual C++

Delphi

Data publishing and dissemination:

Disk publishing

Audio-visual interaction (synchronous)

Collaborative publishing

Resource sharing

Communication and collaboration:

Resource sharing

Graphical interaction (synchronous)

Software/programming languages used:

Discipline:

Data analysis:

Spatial data analysis

Data structuring and enhancement:

Cataloguing and indexing

Graphical rendering

Alternate tool(s):

GRASS (Geographic Analysis Support System) GIS, ThinkGeo

Tags:

GIS

Geospatial computing

Geospatial technology

Strategy and project management:

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By natalie.hutchinson at Mon, 29/03/2010 - 10:08

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tool: RivEx

Purpose:

RivEx is a river network tool designed to run under ESRI ArcMap 9.1. It allows for quality control and analysis of the river network and creation of node layers.

Features:

• Process connected river centre lines
• Generate new node layers for the nodes of the network
• Attribute your network including stream order
• Convert your network to a measured network
• Re-orientate (flip) network polylines
• Quality controlled snapping of sites to the river network
• Export river network data to KML (Google Earth) format

A&H use case 1 description:

RivEx was used in conjunction with ESRI ArcMap on the North Sea Palaeolandscapes project to map the river network that was part of the prehistoric landscape stretching from the English Channel to the Norwegian coast line.

Publisher:

RivEx

Creator:

Duncan Hornby

Data publishing and dissemination:

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

Specifications:

Communication and collaboration:

Use of existing digital data

Data analysis:

lifecycleStage:

Discipline:

Data capture:

Data structuring and enhancement:

Tags:

Strategy and project management:

Human factors analysis

Alternate tool(s):

MotherPlanet

Practice-led research:

2d graphic design

Texture design and mapping

Platform:

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft Windows XP

Software/programming languages used:

Rivex

Licence:

commercial

By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 19/03/2010 - 15:15

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tool: Mercury Amira

Purpose:

Mercury Amira is a multifaceted tool that allows for integration, manipulation, and visualisation of large sets of data. Automatic and interactive segmentation tools support processing of 3D image data.

Features:

• One platform for visualizing, analyzing and presenting
• Very large data sets are easily accessible with specific readers
• C++ coding wizard for technical extension and customization

A&H use case 1 description:

Amira was used on the North Sea Palaeolandscapes project to visualise and analyse the vast amounts of data that were collected.

Publisher:

Visage Imaging GmbH

Creator:

Mercury Software Systems

Data publishing and dissemination:

Specifications:

C++

Communication and collaboration:

2d scanning and photography

Data analysis:

Content analysis

Image segmentation

Visualisation

Spatial data analysis

lifecycleStage:

Discipline:

Data capture:

3d scanning

Geophysical survey

GPS and total station surveys

Data structuring and enhancement:

Tags:

Strategy and project management:

Alternate tool(s):

Avizo

Practice-led research:

2d graphic design

Image manipulation

Platform:

Software/programming languages used:

Mercury Amira

Licence:

commercial

By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 19/03/2010 - 12:21

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tool: Adobe Photoshop

Purpose:

Adobe Photoshop is an editor for still images. It is equipped with a diverse range of processing tools, enabling users to create or modify content through the use of drawing tools, filters, or other plug-ins.

Features:

• Tightly integrated with other Adobe suite software
• Photoshop functionality can be extended by add-on programs called Photoshop plugins which act like mini-editors that modify the image.
• Can utilise the colour models RGB, lab, CMKY, Greyscale, binary bitmap and duotone.
• Reads and writes raster and vector image formats

A&H use case 1 description:

“The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland” project has used Adobe Photoshop to edit digital images in both TIFF and high JPG formats of Romanesque sculpture in Britain.

Publisher:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Creator:

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Specifications:

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)

Bitmap (BMP)

Adobe Illustrator (AI)

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Fireworks

Data analysis:

Image feature measurement

Image segmentation

Visualisation

Data capture:

2d scanning and photography

Communication and collaboration:

Software/programming languages used:

Adobe Photoshop LE

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe photoshop Elements

Suite:

Adobe

Data structuring and enhancement:

Alternate tool(s):

GraphicConverter, 36-image converter

Tags:

Practice-led research:

2d graphic design

MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)

Platform:

Licence:

lifecycleStage:

By Valentina Asciutti at Tue, 02/02/2010 - 17:32

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tool: 3DVIA Virtools

Purpose:

A software tool for the creation of 3D interactive environments. It may be used to model and interact with physical objects that currently or have previously existed in the real world, or create virtual environments that have not previously encountered. VirTool player software is available for Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS X, Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360.

A&H use case 1 description:

Virtual Reconstruction of Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico is using 3DVIA Virtools to create a digital construct of the Teatro Olimpico theatre in Vicenza, Italy. It is using 3DVIA Virtools to model the internal structure of the Villa Rotonda, located outside Vicenza. The objective of the project is to develop a recreation of the villa through which the user may interact.

Creator:

Dassault Systemes

Publisher:

Dassault Systemes

Specifications:

MS WAV

Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

Autodesk SoftImage (XSI)

Lightwave

Collada

Truevision TarGA (TGA)

PC Paintbrush (PCX)

Windows Media Audio (WMA)

Data structuring and enhancement:

Software/programming languages used:

lifecycleStage:

Practice-led research:

Alternate tool(s):

TurnTool

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