AUGMENTING 3D CITY MODELS WITH VISUALIZATION OF REAL-TIME METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA

Frank Steinicke, Jörg Mensmann, Klaus Hinrichs, Kai Rothaus, Jan de Buhr, Antonio Krüger

2008

Abstract

General interest in visualizations of digital 3D city models is growing rapidly, and several applications are already available that display such models very realistically. Many authors have emphasized the importance of the effects of realistic illumination for computer generated images, and this applies especially to the context of 3D city visualization. However, current 3D city visualization applications rarely implement techniques for achieving realistic illumination, in particular the effects caused by current weather-related phenomena. At most, some geospatial visualization systems render artificial skies — sometimes with a georeferenced determination of the sun position — to give the user the impression of a real sky. However, such artificial renderings are not sufficient for real simulation purposes. In this paper we present techniques to augment visualizations of digital 3D city models with real-time display of georeferenced meteorological phenomena. For this purpose we retrieve weather information from different sources, i. e., real-time images from cameras and radar data from web-based weather services, and we use this information in the rendering process for realistic visualization of different weather-related issues, such as clouds, rain, fog, etc. Our approach is not limited to a specific setup, and we have evaluated the results in a user study presented in this paper.

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Steinicke F., Mensmann J., Hinrichs K., Rothaus K., de Buhr J. and Krüger A. (2008). AUGMENTING 3D CITY MODELS WITH VISUALIZATION OF REAL-TIME METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA . In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008) ISBN 978-989-8111-20-3, pages 359-366. DOI: 10.5220/0001098003590366


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@conference{grapp08,
author={Frank Steinicke and Jörg Mensmann and Klaus Hinrichs and Kai Rothaus and Jan de Buhr and Antonio Krüger},
title={AUGMENTING 3D CITY MODELS WITH VISUALIZATION OF REAL-TIME METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)},
year={2008},
pages={359-366},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001098003590366},
isbn={978-989-8111-20-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2008)
TI - AUGMENTING 3D CITY MODELS WITH VISUALIZATION OF REAL-TIME METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA
SN - 978-989-8111-20-3
AU - Steinicke F.
AU - Mensmann J.
AU - Hinrichs K.
AU - Rothaus K.
AU - de Buhr J.
AU - Krüger A.
PY - 2008
SP - 359
EP - 366
DO - 10.5220/0001098003590366