Quantification, Visualization and Manipulation of Geologic Systems

地质系正在购买基于SPARC的图形工作站和电子测量设备，将三维可视化、数据处理和定量领域方法纳入本科课程。图形工作站与带有计算机图形的服务器联网，通过交互式图形显示三维模型，允许学生针对各种地质问题改变参数和边界条件。学生创建、渲染和操作地形模型；地球物理或卫星数据集叠加在图形模型上，一些系统，如雪崩或海滩过程，可以在数字基础上进行动画制作

The Geology Department is purchasing SPARC based graphics workstations, and electronic measuring devices to bring three dimensional visualization, processing of data, and quantitative field methods into the undergraduate curriculum. The graphics work stations, networked to a server with computer graphics, displays three dimensional models with interactive graphics that allows students to vary parameters and boundary conditions for a variety of geologic problems. Students create, render, and manipulate topographic models; geophysical or satellite data sets are superimposed on graphic models and some systems, such as avalanches or beach processes, can be animated on top of digital