451-311 Environmental Visualisation

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

451-113 Introduction to Computer Graphics (Geomatics)

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to develop an understanding of the way data are structured for description of virtual environments; and the conceptual background necessary to make use of three dimensional modelling and rendering software packages.

Graphics display hardware, vector and raster devices, hard copy devices, image formats, image compression, graphics standards, the geometry of perspective, hidden surface displays, shading, colour, reflectivity, ray tracing and radiosity, texture mapping, fractals, computer-video interfacing, multimedia, animation.

Assessment

Not more than three hours of written examinations and tests, and not more than the equivalent of 20 pages of written assignments and reports on practical work. The relative weighting of the assessment components will be published at the commencement of the subject