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The objective of my research is to revive and practice the art of traditional pictorial
maps in 3D cartographic visualization . I have chosen to create both graphical and
statistical pictorial maps which can be used for the purpose of tourism and data
representation respectively . Some traditional hand -drawn and sculptural pictorial
maps of famous artists have been picked out to start as a base for my work . The
goal was to recreate or imitate the style , character and features of these traditional
hand -drawn and sculptural maps with 3D computer graphics and to analyze how
effectively 3D tools can be used to communicate map information . I also wanted to
explore ways to make these maps interactive on the Web and have them accessible to
a large number of viewers . The results show a number of interactive 3D pictorial maps
of different countries and continents . These maps are initially built with Maya , a 3D
modeling software , and converted into web pages using the Viewpoint Technology .
For statistical maps , Mel scripts have been used in Maya to take input from the
user and change the shape of models accordingly to represent data . These maps are
interactive and navigable and are designed to be easily accessible on the Web . |
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