Augmenting comprehension of geological relationships by combining 3D laser scanning of meso- and macro-scale visualization techniques

通过结合细观和宏观可视化技术的 3D 激光扫描增强对地质关系的理解

• 批准号: 485185-2015
• 负责人: Fotopoulos, Georgia
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=584781
• 关键词: Augmenting; comprehension; geological; relationships; combining

Geographical information systems (GIS) are widely used throughout the geosciences and engineering fields for investigating and visualizing complex datasets. ESRI Canada (the industry partner) is a worldwide leader in GIS that is continuously pushing the envelope for innovative and novel applications of its technology. Given the proliferation of laser scanning for acquiring digital datasets at various spatial scales, an opportunity arises for the field of geological engineering to integrate meso-scale objects (i.e., hand samples of rocks and cores) into the macro-scale (GIS, in this case ESRI's ArcGIS software) visualization environment. This is a challenging task as it requires the seamless integration of multi-scale data and associated attributes/parameters (i.e., rock surface roughness, luster, orientation) on a common platform. The results of this research work, will enable informed users to access all of the built-in capabilities of the ArcGIS software with geological tools that can unify data to reduce subjectivity and bias. In simple terms, our goal is akin to 'street view' for geological engineering. ESRI Canada's pursuit of immersive technology in various sectors will be facilitated through this research partnership resulting in a transformative toolbox for geoscience educators and researchers, which is a fast-growing customer-base for ESRI Canada. The specific sectors that will directly benefit as end-users/clients from this research collaboration are education (at all levels), natural resources (exploration and development, mining) and mapping.

地理信息系统（GIS）广泛应用于地球科学和工程领域，用于调查和可视化复杂的数据集。ESRI Canada（行业合作伙伴）是GIS领域的全球领导者，不断推动其技术的创新和新颖应用。考虑到用于在各种空间尺度上获取数字数据集的激光扫描的激增，地质工程领域出现了将中尺度对象（即，岩石和岩心的手工样本）到宏观尺度（GIS，在这种情况下ESRI的ArcGIS软件）可视化环境。这是一项具有挑战性的任务，因为它需要多尺度数据和相关联的属性/参数（即，岩石表面粗糙度、光泽、取向）。这项研究工作的结果将使知情的用户能够使用ArcGIS软件的所有内置功能，并使用地质工具统一数据，以减少主观性和偏见。简单地说，我们的目标类似于地质工程的“街景”。ESRI Canada在各个领域对沉浸式技术的追求将通过这种研究伙伴关系得到促进，从而为地球科学教育工作者和研究人员提供一个变革性的工具箱，这是ESRI Canada快速增长的客户群。将作为最终用户/客户直接受益于这一研究合作的具体部门是教育（各级）、自然资源（勘探和开发、采矿）和绘图。