[GRASS-user] Creating 3D Vector file (v.in.ascii) for eventual use in NVIZ

[Michael Barton]

This is a good idea. I've also been doing work with 3D visualization and
analysis and would be happy to contribute from some of this.

Michael
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> From: Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at centrum.cz>
> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:28:38 +0200
> To: Hamish <hamish_nospam at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <grassuser at grass.itc.it>, <caumann at ualberta.ca>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-user] Creating 3D Vector file (v.in.ascii) for eventual
> use in NVIZ
> 
> hallo,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 07:32:54PM +1300, Hamish wrote:
>> I'm thinking for a while now that it would be really nice to put
>> together a collection of articles showcasing the existing and new 3D
>> capabilities of GRASS 6 for an upcoming GRASS newsletter or special
>> edition.
>> 
>> for example:
>> 
>> * 3D vector processing
>>    - overview of GRASS's method: faces, kernels, etc
>>    - new 3D vector modules from Jachym  (v.extrude etc)
>>    - some nice example (e.g. make a pyramid [see attached]), Trento/NYC
>> 
>> * 3D raster processing
>>    - overview of GRASS's method: voxels, g.region -3, as a time series, etc
>>    - new 3D raster modules from Sören
>>    - some nice example (e.g. do some quantitative analysis of sample
>>       Slovakia rain data)
>> 
>> * visualization with NVIZ, export to VTK etc
>>    - new NVIZ features by Massimo and Luigi, Bob, etc
>>    - v.in.onearth SRTM + LANDSAT -> i.landsat.rgb -> nviz (reader's home)
>> 
>> etc., etc., etc.
>> 
>> 
>> (I'm a big fan of bite sized 10-15 minute tutorials...)
>> 
>> 
>> Hamish
> 
> if there is interest on this topic, i could prepare some tutorials out
> of my presentations (fossgis in bonn, foss4g in lausanne). though i got
> some positive feedback, i was never shure, if the presentations are good start
> for such kind of tutorials.
> 
> when should next release of grass news come out?
> 
> thanks
> 
> jachym
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