Landscape visualizations: Applications and requirements of 3D visualization software for environmental planning

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-839

  Paar, Philip ^a  

^a ZUSE INSTITUTE BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer systems design; Landscape visualization; Planning communication; Software requirements; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PLANNING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; LANDSCAPE VISUALIZATION; PLANNING COMMUNICATION; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IMAGING METHOD; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATIONAL PLANNING; SOFTWARE; SURVEYING; VISUALIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 33750631111     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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