Digital Perspective Generation And Stereo Display Of Composite Ocean Bottom And Coastal Terrain Images

Kirk G. Smedley; Barry K. Haines; David Van Vactor; Michael Jordan

doi:10.1117/12.952895

11 September 1989 Digital Perspective Generation And Stereo Display Of Composite Ocean Bottom And Coastal Terrain Images

Kirk G. Smedley, Barry K. Haines, David Van Vactor, Michael Jordan

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Proceedings Volume 1083, Three-Dimensional Visualization and Display Technologies; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952895
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Depth sounding data was adapted and used in the generation of stereoscopic perspective imagery. After resampling the soundings into a uniform grid, a lighting function was applied in order to create a shaded gray scale image. The uniform depth grid and the gray scale image were then used in a perspective reprojection program that generates any user-defined perspective view of the data. Simply by generating a pair of such images with a slight difference in azimuth angle, a stereo pair of images may be created. A newly adapted version of this perspective reprojection program has been developed that enables a user to interactively generate stereo perspective "movies" in near real-time, further enhancing three di-mensional perception. Finally, three different types of data -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) depth soundings, U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) aerial photography, and USGS map elevations -- have been combined to create a striking composite three dimensional view of on- and off-shore elevations.

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Kirk G. Smedley, Barry K. Haines, David Van Vactor, and Michael Jordan "Digital Perspective Generation And Stereo Display Of Composite Ocean Bottom And Coastal Terrain Images", Proc. SPIE 1083, Three-Dimensional Visualization and Display Technologies, (11 September 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952895

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