Title :
3D heterogeneous interactive web mapping application
Author :
Quoc-Dinh Nguyen ; Devaux, Alexandre ; Bredif, Mathieu ; Paparoditis, Nicolas
Author_Institution :
IGN, Univ. Paris-Est, St. Mandé, France
Abstract :
The internet browsers nowadays show incredible possibilities with HTML5. It makes it possible to use all the power of your device such as the GPU and all its sensors, GPS, accelerometer, camera, etc. The ability to put hardware-accelerated 3D content in the browser provides a way for the creation of new web based applications that were previously the exclusive domain of the desktop environment. This paper introduces a novel implementation of a 3D GIS WebGL-based navigation system which allows end-users to navigate in a 3D realistic and immersive urban scene, to interact with different spatial data such as panoramic image, laser, 3D-city model, and vector data with modern functionalities such as using your smartphone as a remote, render for 3D screen and make the scene dynamic.
Keywords :
Internet; geographic information systems; navigation; rendering (computer graphics); smart phones; solid modelling; virtual reality; 3D GIS WebGL-based navigation system; 3D heterogeneous interactive Web mapping application; 3D realistic urban scene; 3D screen; 3D-city model; GPS; GPU; HTML5; Internet browsers; Web based application; accelerometer; camera; desktop environment; dynamic scene; hardware-accelerated 3D content; immersive urban scene; panoramic image; rendering; smartphone; spatial data interaction; vector data; Browsers; Buildings; Cities and towns; Data visualization; Navigation; Solid modeling; Three-dimensional displays; 3D web mapping; GIS; augmented reality; street view; virtual earth; virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Reality (VR), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arles
DOI :
10.1109/VR.2015.7223426