Interacting with existing 3D photorealistic outcrop models on site and in the lab or classroom, facilitated with an iPad and a PC

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 492, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-283

  Wang, Miao ^a   Rodriguez Gomez, M Iris ^a   Aiken, Carlos L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAND HELD COMPUTERS; MATLAB; PIXELS;

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC INFORMATION; GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS; MODEL CONSTRUCTION; TRANSFORMATION COEFFICIENTS; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS;

ANTICLINE; COMPUTER; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATION; GNSS; MEDIA ROLE; MOBILE PHONE; PHOTOGRAPH; PIXEL; RESEARCH WORK; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876789151     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2492(19)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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