GeoVR: A web-based tool for virtual reality presentation from 2D GIS data

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1167-1175

  Huang, Bo ^a   Lin, Hui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Client server; Geo VR; Geographical information system; Virtual reality; Virtual reality modeling language; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

GIS; SOFTWARE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033381597     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00073-4     Document Type: Article

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