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Added To The Scene.: 4 - Mapping and Visualization

This document discusses different visualization techniques in GIS, including perspective views created using ArcScene, globe views using ArcGlobe, and animations using tools in ArcMap and Tracking Analyst. ArcScene allows adding 3D elements and extruding features to create 3D maps. ArcGlobe lets you zoom in to reveal more detailed layers and capture navigation as animations. The Animation toolbar in ArcMap enables animating zoomed in views or panning, and Tracking Analyst supports animating time-series data to view changes over time.

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Added To The Scene.: 4 - Mapping and Visualization

This document discusses different visualization techniques in GIS, including perspective views created using ArcScene, globe views using ArcGlobe, and animations using tools in ArcMap and Tracking Analyst. ArcScene allows adding 3D elements and extruding features to create 3D maps. ArcGlobe lets you zoom in to reveal more detailed layers and capture navigation as animations. The Animation toolbar in ArcMap enables animating zoomed in views or panning, and Tracking Analyst supports animating time-series data to view changes over time.

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4 Mapping and Visualization

Visualization
other ways of
looking at GIS data

Visualizations, such as perspective views, animated y-overs and globe views, and
time-series animations, can be an effective way of presenting information, especially to
audiences not accustomed to reading specialized maps.
Perspective views are created using the ArcScene application in ArcGIS 3D Analyst.
3D Analyst allows you to navigate through the scene interactively as well as capture and
store animated y-throughs. For realism, 3D symbols, such as trees or light poles, can be

added to the scene.

Use an elevation surfaceor any other surface with z valuesto create a base
for the perspective view. Then drape other layers on top.
ArcScene also lets you extrude features to create, for example, a 3D model of buildings in a
city, or a perspective view of a thematic map.

ArcScene lets you extrude features to create 3D mapsin this case, showing
the relative population of each county.

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Using ArcGIS Desktop


Globe views are created using the ArcGlobe application, included in ArcGIS 3D Analyst.
A key feature of ArcGlobe is the ability to reveal more detailed layers of information as you
zoom in. As with ArcScene, you can work interactivelyrotating the globe, zooming in
and outand capture the navigation path as an animation.

The default view in ArcGlobe includes a shaded relief image of the earth. Add
your own local, regional, or global layers.
Maps in ArcMap can also be used to make animations. The Animation toolbar lets you
capture a series of increasingly zoomed in views, or create an animation that pans across
a region. Time-series data can be viewed using the Animation toolbar or using Tracking

Analyst. You can step through the data, or create, store, and replay animations. You might
animate the path of a storm over several days, for example, or the population growth in
each county over several decades.

Use Tracking Analyst to animate movement or change over timein this case,
the path and strength of a storm.

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