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What do we do?

Social Science for the Environment, Virtual Reality and Experimental Laboratories. What do we do?. We take digital map data. and other information…. put it all together…. and make images and models of the landscape. Previous and Current Projects. Near Swaffham.

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What do we do?

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  1. Social Science for the Environment, Virtual Reality and Experimental Laboratories

  2. What do we do? We take digital map data and other information… put it all together… and make images and models of the landscape

  3. Previous and Current Projects Near Swaffham Oxfordshire Near Trowse Near Swaffham UEA campus Germany

  4. …can you imagine this? Why do we turn maps into images and models? Map information can be very useful, telling you you many things about the landscape. BUT – not everyone is used to reading maps, and you can only include a certain amount of detail without losing clarity. From looking at this…

  5. Case Study: Ecological Corridors in the Norfolk Broads • Some habitats are not linked very directly despite proximity – e.g. parallel Thurne and Ant valleys • Areas separated by agriculture, main roads, buildings – blocking species movements • What if corridors of land were allowed to revert to more natural vegetation, to link these areas? • Images allow proposals to be discussed more easily (but at present it is all hypothetical!)

  6. Digital Elevation (or Terrain) Model Measurements at 5m spacing in this case, derived from laser-scanning

  7. Land use / cover information Based on Ordnance Survey MasterMap, but with additional information from other sources

  8. Aerial photography – 25cm resolution in this case, taken in 2004

  9. GIS issues – integrating data

  10. Additional land-scape elements might include trees (outside woodland) and hedges

  11. VRML

  12. VRML

  13. VRML

  14. VRML

  15. VRML

  16. Case Study: Climate Change Impacts on Rural Landscapes GenesisII Current situation Local Stewardship National Enterprise VRML World Construction Set

  17. Case study: Climate Change Impacts on Rural Landscapes Current situation Local Stewardship National Enterprise VRML

  18. Caution… • Detail levels should be chosen with care • what will people infer from a detailed image? • tendency to get lost in the details

  19. Case study: Virtual Reality in Environmental Management Visualising Coastal Futures This research has been funded by

  20. Coastal environments are undergoing change • Issues for low lying coasts and soft cliffs • Sea level rise and possibilities of increased storminess. • Increasing costs of maintaining current sea defences. • Recognition that solid engineering solutions may not be sustainable in the future. • Communication of options is increasingly important.

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