WxNviz
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wxNviz is a wxGUI extension which allows users to realistically render multiple surfaces (raster data) in a 3D space, optionally using thematic coloring, draping 2D vector data over the surfaces, displaying 3D vector data in the space, and visualization of volume data (3D raster data).
Contents
Screenshots
2008-06-27: Display raster map from layer tree in 2.5D (surface)
2008-07-05: Support for vector data (2D lines) added
2008-07-26: Support for vector point data
2008-08-02: 3D vector data support
2008-08-09: Initial support for volumetric data
2010-05-31: 3D view tools window integrated into Layer Manager
Lighting control panel in Layer Manager (2010-06-17)
Fringe control panel in Layer Manager (2010-06-23)
Redirect messages to wxGUI (2010-08-08)
Displaying raster (surface), 2D vector and 3D raster (volume) in the 3D space (2010-08-16)
Surface page of WxNviz modified (2011-06-02)
Constant surface page added (2011-06-02)
Lighting fixed (2011-05-02)
Cutting planes (shading blend) (2011-06-10)
Cutting planes (shading top color) (2011-06-10)
View page modified (2011-06-10)
Picture of surfaces cut by two planes (generated by nviz_cmd) (2011-06-30)
Command for nviz_cmd generated by wxNviz (2011-07-01)
North Arrow implemented (2011-07-08)
Colored isosurfaces with transparency (2011-07-08)
Partially transparent slice (2011-07-14)
Combination of slices and isosurface (2011-07-14)
Raster legend, text label and north arrow (2011-07-22)
Thematic mapping (colors) for points (2011-08-05)
Dialog for v.colors opened from 3D view (2011-08-05)
Animations
Video tutorials
Older tutorials (2010)
Ideas
- Fog support (see [1], [2], [3])
- Vertical labels (take from geonames.org point data): like in http://tev.fbk.eu/marmota/blog/?p=82
- Second interactive light source for isosurface visualization
- Tick marks and coordinate values to x,y,z axis when drawing fringe
Known issues
- List of open and closed tickets
- Adding vector data crashes wxGUI on Mac
- Viewing height sometimes sets to 1 after switching to 2D and back to 3D View (or with the simultaneous 2D view - very nice feature) and even after View is reset, it keeps getting back at 1 each time the slider is touched
- Hopefully fixed in r46208
- Isosurfaces tested with Nags Head time series data (I will provide link) don't seem to be working, after setting 3D region and adding 3D raster nothing gets drawn, when moving the related DEM around only line rectangle shows instead of a box.
- Adding draw, draw current and clear button may be useful
- Thematic mapping is available in GRASS 7 only
- Display region in 3D does not change accordingly to display region in 2D in version <= 6.5
