Bridge connection in 3D
The vizualization program Real-Time-Terrain visualizes a bridge between Gjøvik and Hamar. It also makes it possible to walk, drive and even fly over the terrain between the two cities. All in 3D.
-Two master students from Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt in Austria have spent the spring semester at GUC developing a Real-Time Terrain visualization program, Associate Professor Sule Yildirim explains. The goal of their project was to create a real-time terrain visualization of the terrain between Gjøvik and Hamar, and to visualize a bridge between the two cities.
The students from Austria, Thomas Hernbauer and Martin Helmer, have been under the supervision of Assistant Professor George Preiss from the field of Geomatics, and Sule Yildirim from the field of Game Programming. The students used real terrain data which is in the spatial reference system WGS 84 / UTM zone 32N and which was provided by the department of Geomatics. The data has been transported to the UDK game engine which provided the flexibility for making the 3D visualization in real time. - Such a connection would reduce the way between Gjøvik to Hamar to 20 km, and the ride time to approximately 20 minutes, Yildirim concludes.
First picture: Picture of visualization of bridge connection between Gjøvik and Hamar
Second picture: The exchange students Thomas Hernbauer and Martin Helmer, with Associate Professor Sule Yildirim and Assistant Professor George Preiss.
