3darcscenevisualisation
Looking for a free program or web software for 3D visualization. I'd like to have an ArcScene like abilities.
No editing needed, just need to see the data in a 3D format. It'd be really helpful for presentations. I used ArcScene a ton in college and liked it, but budget constraints do not allow for it here.
Is there anything out there?
Some examples:
I've seen a lot of others like these--do you mean to ask about a more specific kind of visualization?
I think in the end i will stay with the USGS Envison system. Their stand visualization system in fact has a geographical component, but prior to the visualization you have to format your data locations corresponding to your plot size.
The following example shows a stand table that lists individual trees and down logs using the optional parameters: ;sp dbh ht crn crown stat plt crn exp X Y mark fell end ; rat rad cls cls stat angle dia DF 28 152 .41 19.6 1 0 0 1.0 26.4 57.9 0 0 0.0 RA 14 72 .58 9.6 1 0 0 1.0 98.1 121.5 0 0 0.0 DF 42 53 .00 0.0 0 0 0 1.0 174.8 21.4 0 72 28.0 DF 78 197 .39 26.4 1 0 0 1.0 142.4 171.9 0 0 0.0 RC 62 162 .71 17.5 1 0 0 1.0 48.2 157.1 0 0 0.0
I'll write a r-script to accomplish this task for me step by step.
This works for me right now, but i'm really eager to see some similar applications using the VTP software or the mentioned grass-gis addon. Feel free to use this thread to display similar workflows.
Best Answer
1) For a full 3D GIS, the better is GRASS GIS, look at Screenshots of 3D data management or From drone-aerial pictures to DEM and ORTHOPHOTO: the case of Caldonazzo's castle, from example.
Some examples (interactive: you can scale, rotate the representation and many other things) :
DEM with 3D points:
Draped raster on the DEM
Draped geological map with 3D surfaces (2 thrust faults, blue, grey), 3D tubes (boreholes, blue), 3D lines (blue) and 3D points
2) You can also use QGIS and the Qgis2threejs plugin (interactive: you can scale and rotate the representation):
Draped raster on a DEM, with draped 2D polylines (black, red)
3) and you can also use Paraview (from GRASS GIS) , R and even, SketchUp (and Google Earth) or Blender (Visualising QGIS data with Blender, for example) -all the solutions are interactive.