Abstract
 3D Cartographic Animation: Visualizing Disaster on the Columbia River Track: New Technology and System Integration Author(s): Byron Gessel This paper describes techniques used to create a 3D cartographic animation using ArcGIS® 3D AnalystT. Cartographic animation is a form of dynamic visualization that can be used to depict the re-enactment of complex phenomena. Typically the viewer is shown "key frames" of an event in the form of static maps or artistic renderings. Animation fills in the details between these "key frames" thus assisting the viewer to interpret an event or process. A case study depicting Lake Lewis, in the Pasco Basin of Washington, during the Glacial Lake Missoula Floods of the last ice age, the greatest scientifically documented floods to have taken place in North America, is used to test and demonstrate 3D cartographic animation techniques. Byron Gessel Lockheed Martin Information Technology 1913 west 22nd Ave Kennewick , WA 99337 US Phone: (509)586-8858 E-mail: bbgessel@msn.com |
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