Paper Info
Title
An ArcScene plug-in for volumetric data conversion, modeling and spatial analysis
Abstract
Representation of volumetric data is necessary in hydrology, meteorology, ecology, environmental science and so on for modeling and visualization. As popular GIS software, ArcScene supports MultiPatch format for modeling and spatial analysis of volumetric data. It also supports conversion of 3D file formats into MultiPatch. But there are obvious limitations: (1) ArcScene does not support conversion of popular 3D formats such as Wavefront Objects (OBJ) and Visualization ToolKit (VTK) into MultiPatch; (2) after the conversion, the entire dataset only forms one patch which is inconvenient for further spatial analysis; (3) ArcScene does not support 3D contouring. In this study, we have successfully developed an ArcScene plug-in for converting OBJ and VTK file formats into MultiPatch, for accessing and editing MultiPatch files, and for tracing 3D contours based on MultiPatch. The ArcScene plug-in is characteristic of a time complexity of O(N), strong data structure in terms of spatial analysis, user-friendly operation, high robustness and good extendibility, and therefore it enriches ArcScene functionalities and users can benefit from the new plug-in for various applications. An Arcscene plug-in for volumetric data modeling based on MultiPatch: (a) urban pollution; (b) patches construction; (c) overhang; (d) overpass; (e) 3D holes; and (f) gasplumes. Display Omitted We have successfully developed an ArcScene plug-in.Converting volumetric data in OBJ/VTK file format into Multipatch.Tracing 3D contours based on Multipatch.We prove the efficiency of our ArcScene plug-in using Oklahoma City data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.cageo.2013.08.004
Computers & Geosciences
Keywords
Field
DocType
volumetric data conversion,strong data structure,vtk file format,volumetric data,visualization toolkit,multipatch format,arcscene functionalities,spatial analysis,popular gis software,editing multipatch file,wavefront objects,data modeling,3d,data conversion
File format,Data structure,Data mining,Geographic information system,Data modeling,Computer graphics (images),Computer science,Visualization,Data conversion,Plug-in,Tracing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
61
C
0098-3004
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dayong Shen1214.60
David Wong217321.12
Fernando Camelli352.19
Yuling Liu400.34