Visualization and Distribution of Spatial Data

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Department of Geomatics

Synopsis:

This course focuses on the digital modelling of a historic city and the subsequent presentation of the results on the web. Students will learn about the various tools and techniques used in digital modeling and spatial visualization. The main objective is to create a historical city model using Blender and then present it on a web page.

Requirements:

no prerequisities

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Organization, spatial data distribution + formats

2. Introduction to Blender

3. Introduction to html, raster + vector data distribution

4. Blender - textures, UV maps, materials

5. Displaying models on the web - three,js, babylon,js, Sketchfab, Nira.App, Cesium

6. Displaying clouds on the web - Potree

7. Editing photogrammetric models in Blender

8. Blender - creating procedural textures

9. Blender - Geometry nodes

10. Virtual tours, photo editing

11. AI in modelling

12. CloudCompare - spatial annalysis

13. Advanced web development - React (demo only)

Syllabus of tutorials:

The main practical exercise of this course is a historical city model project that students will develop in groups of 2-3 students. Teams will work on modeling the historic city in Blender, including textures and materials, and then create a website to present the results. Each team will have the opportunity to use various tools and techniques they have learned in class, and will be encouraged to take an innovative and creative approach to presenting the historic model and preserving the historic heritage in digital form.

Study Objective:

The student will be able to visualize and distribute spatial data.

Study materials:

Blender - https://www.blender.org/

CloudCompare - https://www.danielgm.net/cc/

Leaflet - https://leafletjs.com/

Potree - https://potree.github.io/

Sketchfab - https://sketchfab.com/feed

Nira.app - https://nira.app/

Cesium - https://cesium.com/

Three.js - https://threejs.org/

ModelViewer - https://modelviewer.dev/

Babylon.js - https://www.babylonjs.com/

Photopea - https://www.photopea.com/

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Geodézie a kartografie, specializace Geomatika (compulsory elective course)