Heather Kennedy

Introduction to 3D Data

Modeling with ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Render three-dimensional data and maps with ease.

Written as a self-study workbook, Introduction to 3D Data demystifies the sometimes confusing controls and procedures required for 3D modeling using software packages such as ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth.

Going beyond the manual that comes with the software, this profusely illustrated guide explains how to use ESRI's ArcGIS 3D Analyst to model and analyze three-dimensional geographical surfaces, create 3D data, and produce displays ranging from topographically realistic maps to 3D scenes and spherical earth-like views. The engagingly user-friendly instruction:

Walks you through basic concepts of 3D data, progressing to more advanced techniques such as calculating surface area and volume

Introduces you to two major software packages: ArcGIS 3D Analyst (including ArcScene and ArcGlobe) and Google Earth

Reinforces your understanding through in-depth discussions with over thirty hands-on exercises and tutorial datasets on the support website at www.wiley/college/kennedy

Helps you apply the theory with real-world applications

Whether you're a student or professional in geology, landscape architecture, transportation system planning, hydrology, or a related field, Introduction to 3D Data will quickly turn you into a power user of 3D GIS.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 191mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9780470381243
• ISBN-10: 0470381248
• Artikelnr.: 26179801

Autorenporträt

K. Heather Kennedy is a GIS Planner in the Community Development Department of Contra Costa County, California. A freelance technical writer, she has written The ESRI Press Dictionary of GIS Terminology and Data in Three Dimensions.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acknowledgments. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to 3D Data: Modeling with
ArcGIS 3D Analyst and Google Earth. Exercise 1-1: Preview Data in
ArcCatalog. Exercise 1-2: Create a Layer File in ArcCatalog. CHAPTER 2 3D
Display in ArcScene. Exercise 2-1: Set Background Color and Illumination in
ArcScene. Exercise 2-2: Set Vertical Exaggeration in ArcScene. Exercise
2-3: Apply a Coordinate System to a Scene. Exercise 2-4: Set 3D Layer
Properties for an Elevation Raster. Exercise 2-5: Set 3D Layer Properties
for a Raster Image. Exercise 2-6: Set Base Heights for a 2D Vector Layer.
Exercise 2-7: Extrude 2D Vector Features. Challenge Exercise: View Regional
Park Study Data in ArcScene. CHAPTER 3 3D Navigation and Animation.
Exercise 3-1: Set Targets and Observers. Exercise 3-2: Animated Rotation
and the Viewer Manager. Exercise 3-3: The Fly Tool. Exercise 3-4: Create 3D
Animated Films. CHAPTER 4 ArcGlobe. Exercise 4-1: Understanding ArcGlobe.
Exercise 4-2: Explore ArcGlobe's Options, Add Data, and Redefi ne Layer
Types. CHAPTER 5 Google Earth. Exercise 5-1: Navigating Google Earth's
Interface, and the Planet. Exercise 5-2: Create a Polygon and Edit Its
Properties Through Google Earth's Form Menus. Exercise 5-3: Edit the
Gardens Polygon Using KML. CHAPTER 6 Raster Surface Models. Exercise 6-1:
Interpolate a Terrain Surface with Spline. Exercise 6-2: Interpolate
Terrain with Inverse Distance Weighted and Natural Neighbors. Exercise 6-3:
Calculate Hillshade and Aspect. Exercise 6-4: Calculate Slope. Exercise
6-5: Calculate Viewshed. Challenge Exercise: Calculate Viewshed and Slope
Levels for Elk Park. CHAPTER 7 TIN Surface Models. Exercise 7-1: Create a
TIN from Vector Features. Exercise 7-2: Add Polygon Attribute Values to a
TIN. Exercise 7-3: Change TIN Symbology and Classifi cation. Challenge
Exercise: Create a TIN of Elk Park. CHAPTER 8 Terrain Surface Models.
Exercise 8-1: Create a Terrain Dataset. Exercise 8-2: Rasterize a Terrain
Dataset and View it in ArcGlobe. CHAPTER 9 3D Features and More Surface
Analysis Techniques. Exercise 9-1: Convert 2D Features to 3D, and Digitize
3D Features in ArcMap. Exercise 9-2: Draw a Line of Sight and a
Cross-section Profi le Graph. Exercise 9-3: Calculate Surface Area and
Volume on a TIN. Challenge Exercise: Create Multipatch 3D Features. CHAPTER
10 SKP to Multipatch to KML: Finalize the Elk Park Project. Exercise 10-1:
Convert a SketchUp File to a Multipatch Feature Class. Exercise 10-2: View
the Multipatch Feature Class in ArcGlobe. Exercise 10-3: Export Layers from
ArcMap to KML, and View Them in Google Earth. About the Tutorial Data.
Index.