Landscape design for mountain heritage and its application in boundary identification: A case study for Bogda

Bogda is one of the three sites in Xinjiang Tianshan that merit nomination as natural World Heritage. To apply for recognition as world natural heritage, it is necessary to demonstrate the value of the landscape of the nominated property. In this paper, 3D visualization of remote sensing images is applied to describe the landscape of the nominated site, and the 3D visualization module of ArcScene, which is one module of ArcGIS Desktop, is used as the platform for three-dimensional visualization. Using a digital elevation model (DEM) expressing terrain elements and remote sensing images representing the land-cover condition, the landscape visualization of the nominated property was achieved. Based on the three-dimensional view of the nominated property, detailed understanding of the nominated property can be obtained, and this can provide decision support for boundary identification. After boundary identification, virtual three-dimensional roaming is also implemented to show the landscape of Bogeda. In this paper, the spatial information expression-and-visualization method that is used is a novel application for work on natural World Heritage.