Provides a survey of the approaches used and the problems encountered in the model of real geophysical data.
Preface
Contributors
Three dimensional display of geologic data
J. Nicholas Van Driel
The 3-dimensionaal geoscientific mapping and modelling system: a conceptual design
Jonathan F. Raper
Surface interpolation, spatial adjancey and GIS
Christopher M. Gold
Efficient mapping of heavy metal pollution on floodplains by co-kriging from elevation data
Henk Leenaers, Peter A. Burrough and Joop P. Okx
The application of a digital relief model to landform analysis in geomorphology
Richard Dikau
Visualisation of digital terrain models: techniques and applications
Robin A. McLaren and Tom J. M. Kennie
Computer-assisted cartographical 3D imaging techniques
Menno J. Kraak
The role of three-dimensional geographic information systems in subsurface characterization for hydrogeological applications
A. Keith Turner
Spatial data structures for modeling subsurface features
Carl Youngmann
Creating a 3-dimensional transect of earth’s crust from craton to ocean basin across the N. Appalachian Orogen.
John D. Unger, Lee M. Liberty, Jeffrey D. Phillips, and Bruce E. Wright
Three-dimensional GIS for the earth sciences
Dennis R. Smith and Arthur R. Paradis
Three dimensional representation in a Geoscientific Resource Management System for the minerals industry
Peter R. G. Bak and Andrew J. B. Mill
Index
Biography
Raper, Jonathan
