SIMULATING THE DRIVER'S VIEW OF NEW HIGHWAY DESIGN BEFORE CONSTRUCTION

AN ANIMATED MOVIE SIMULATING THE DRIVER'S VIEW OVER A NEWLY DESIGNED HIGHWAY, NOT YET CONSTRUCTED, IS NOW POSSIBLE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTABLE SOFTWARE PACKAGE DEVELOPED IN THIS RESEARCH PROJECT. FROM DATA DEVELOPED DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS, THE PACKAGE GENERATES PERSPECTIVE VIEWS OF THE PROPOSED HIGHWAY AND DISPLAYS THEM EITHER SERIALLY TO PRODUCE ANIMATION OR SINGLY TO PERMIT EVALUATION OF ROADWAY SECTIONS. PERSPECTIVE VIEWS BASED ON HIGHWAY DESIGN DATA CAN BE USED NOT ONLY BY HIGHWAY ENGINEERS TO ELIMINATE UNSAFE FEATURES AND UNDESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE FINAL DESIGN, BUT ALSO BY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND OTHERS CONCERNED WITH THE HIGHWAY AND ITS ENVIRONMENT TO VISUALIZE THE FINAL VIEWS AS SEEN BY THE DRIVER. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 36, No 7, PP 141-147
• Authors:
  • Feeser, L J
  • Meyer, J D
  • Cutrell, J D
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer animation; Drivers; Driving simulators; Evaluation; Highway design; Motion pictures
• Old TRIS Terms: Animation; View
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221312
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM