Project Title: Elk Island Visualization Project (Alberta, Canada)

Motivation: GIS and visualization allowing for the interactive and dynamic exploration of the park for teaching, research, and park management.

Platform: ArcView 3.x and ArcGIS 3D Analyst

Summary: Landscape visualization permits enhanced exploration in a three-dimensional environment. The Elk Island National Park, Canada Visualization Project is developing visualizations with GIS for the purpose of creating high-resolution, realistic renderings of the park terrain. These visualizations are useful for exploring historical changes within the landscape, such as: vegetation, hydrology, fire, animal herbivory, and development.

This project closely couples GIS and visualization to allow for the interactive and dynamic exploration of the park through teaching, research, and park management. To achieve this goal consideration is given to visualization needs, data useful for visualization and application development, and use of advanced three-dimensional technologies in immersive environments.