Using Java to interact with geo-referenced VRML within a virtual field course

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1125-1136

  Moore, Kate ^a   Dykes, Jason ^a   Wood, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Java; Terrain models; Virtual reality; VRML

Indexed keywords

FIELDWORK; SOFTWARE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033384607     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(99)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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