3D Atlas of Ann Arbor

Abstract

The 3D Atlas of Ann Arbor is an ongoing project begun in 2001. The early development centered on the creation of base maps/surfaces formed from buildings, terrain, streets, photographic textures, and so forth. There is abundant reference to this development in Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics (http://www.imagenet.org/). As the base surfaces emerged, so too did applications. Most of these centered on planning or on environmental and emergency management. Numerous individual have contributed to the evolution of the Atlas that attempts to trace the intellectual path from GIS map to virtual reality models of Ann Arbor.