CUTTING-EDGE VISUALIZATION TOOLS: GRAPHIC SIMULATIONS THAT STIMULATE PROJECT UNDERSTANDING AND DECISION MAKING

The authors, high-tech communications specialists, state that the right graphics at the right time can increase the public's understanding of transportation projects and can lead the way to consensus, helping audiences picture project alternatives within the landscape and community. Many agencies are finding that the high-priced tools and techniques of graphic visualizations prove cost-effective and are producing accurate and compelling renderings with illustration, photo simulation, animation, three-dimensional images, and multimedia, often in combination with geographic information systems and the Internet, early in the planning process. The authors describe some of the basic tools that can enhance project understanding and decision making, with several examples of effective use.

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• Authors:
  • Keister, M S
  • Moreno, D
• Publication Date: 2002-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 9-15
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 220
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer graphics; Cost effectiveness; Decision making; Geographic information systems; Internet; Multimedia; Planning and design; Three dimensional displays; Transportation planning; Visualization
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00929139
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 6 2002 12:00AM