Developing a GIS-based visual-Acoustic 3D simulation for wind farm assessment

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-48

  Manyoky, Madeleine ^a   Hayek, Ulrike Wissen ^a   Heutschi, Kurt ^b   Pieren, Reto ^b   Grêt Regamey, Adrienne ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auralization; Game engine; GIS based 3D visualization; Landscape impact assessment; Visual Acoustic simulation; Wind farm planning; Wind turbine noise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948960354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi3010029     Document Type: Article

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