Comments on: The Use of Game Engines in GIS http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/ Geospatial Technology, Web Mapping and Spatial Services Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Donovan Lominy http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12782 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:22:28 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12782 Well I like to browse around when i’m not so busy at work. So are you using any AutoDesk products? If so what are you using?

]]> By: Clark Griswold http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12781 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12781 ESRI users take note – your software is completely unsuitable for this sort of thing. Get thee to a CAD shop and generate some models, then load them into what James’ refers to up there.

*real* 3D over wide areas with detailed models just doesn’t happen in a 2.5D product that runs on the CPU. In 32-bit. On a single thread.

]]> By: Carlos http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12780 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:12:39 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12780 That was pretty sweet. That 3D model is the University of British Columbia! Kudos to Clover Point.

]]> By: Karl http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12779 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:50:13 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12779 ATA’s 3D engine is designed to accept most common types of 3D models, C4D, Sketchup, 3DSMax, Revit and many others, through our 2D interface. Users are able to login (given they have the appropriate rights) to the web, give a UTM or position off monument and scale, and upload their models. The models are then ‘dropped’ into the 3D world and the 2D world is updated.

Many of the other attributes in the model, such as the trees, are placed directly from the GIS data held in the 2D web application. If they are moved, the 3D model changes as well.

]]> By: KoS http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12778 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:19:04 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12778 Thinking of gaming engines…Unreal 3 engine is now avaliable for free download. Of course for non-commerical use. Commerical use requires a license.

]]> By: Aaron A. http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12777 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:09:57 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12777 I have long believed that the most innovative visualization is being done by the gaming community. There is also an effort to use the SecondLife engine for GIS http://www.slgis.org/.

Another interesting project that could have impact on the spatial community is the Open Croquet Consortium

http://www.opencroquet.org/index.php/Main_Page

]]> By: disolve and buffer http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12776 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:52:43 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12776 Interesting other companies are finally are starting to catch up with 2006. http://www.vizstudio.net/ is an Indiana Engineering/Survey/GIS shop that has been mixing GIS, CAD, 3D Studio and the web together to create environments that can run on browser, gaming engine or as 3d models for desktop use.

]]> By: Stu Rich http://spatiallyadjusted.com/2009/12/13/the-use-of-game-engines-in-gis/#comment-12775 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:31:58 +0000 http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/?p=3187#comment-12775 Very interesting! Thanks for the post on this James. I had not known of these guys before, I will have to give them a look.

Cheers,

Stu

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