An integrated VR–GIS navigation platform for city/region simulation

Abstract

This paper introduces a virtual city oriented VR-GIS platform which synthesizes several latest information technologies including virtual reality, 3D geographical information system, remote sensing, and multi-dimensional visualization. The platform is a seamless integration of VR functions and GIS analysis methods, which can be used to organize and present massive spatial data. It also supplies 3D spatial analysis functions, 3D visualization for spatial process and natural simulation, and serves as an engine platform for digital city.

Multi-agent and CA Based Modeling of Future Urban Growth Scenarios

“…VR-GIS platform VR-GIS platform is a virtual reality engine through integrating the strengths of GIS and virtual reality technology, which is ground developed by marine informat ion technology laboratory of Ocean University of China (C. Y. Ma, 2008). The VR-GIS p latform adopts an object-oriented data model and component object model (COM) technique with flexible capabilities in various functional extensions, which is an idea choice for 3D visualizat ion applicat ion system develop ment.…”

WebVRGIS: WebGIS Based Interactive Online 3D Virtual Community

“…The VR and GIS integration model is the core of the 3D GIS theory, and it is also a demand for VR technology, in the field of the desktop platform, it already had successful cases [6]. But in the Web browser there is not an appropriate solution.…”

From urban planning and emergency training to Pokémon Go: applications of virtual reality GIS (VRGIS) and augmented reality GIS (ARGIS) in personal, public and environmental health

“…VRGIS has been widely applied in domains related to smart cities and urban management, such as traffic and transportation [ 116 ], e-government and e-business [ 98 ], ocean and island management [ 117 – 119 ], scenic area management [ 120 ], virtual community [ 121 ], geography education [ 122 , 123 ], and underground pipeline management [ 124 ]. Virtual geographies are currently being developed for several applications, including virtual cities, landscape visualisation, visualising past and future geographies, visualising abstract concepts and taking people on virtual field courses [ 125 – 127 ].…”

“…Traditional urban and environmental applications of VRGIS focus on the simulation of landscape structure [ 120 ]; geomorphological structure; geological structure; large-scale traffic and urban engineering structure; natural movements of the Earth system, such as volcanic eruptions, earthquake processes, flood disasters and other emergency cases; desertification and soil erosion processes in lakes, forests and other natural ecosystems; regional, urban and other ecological systems [ 128 ]; sustainable development of cities [ 129 ]; and transformation and planning of regions. In the context of smart cities, VRGIS has been applied to population management, traffic (congestion) prediction and mitigation, urban resource allocation, monitoring of water resources, environmental protection, disaster prevention, early warning systems and rescue planning operations.…”