A visualization of the MIT City Scanning Project

This thesis describes the production of a computer animated visualization of the MIT City Scanning Project. The main goal of the City Scanning Project is the implementation of an automated, end-to-end system to construct three-dimensional (3D) models of urban areas. The Project encompasses both the acquisition of digital images and navigation data in the region to be modeled and the development of algorithms that use the collected data to reconstruct a 3D model of the region. Through narration and animation, the visualization presents a comprehensive overview of the Project, including its motivation, methods, results, and future. This paper describes both the creative and technical aspects involved in the design, animation, rendering, and recording of the visualization.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Schenkel, Tara B. (Tara Beth), 1975-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Seth Teller.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Statement dc:rights

• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46324

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/46324