Photo Simulation (visualizations)

Photo Simulation

Client:

Mangi Environmental Group

Pupose:

Mangi Environmental Group approached DDS to provide visual resource specialist support for the Larimer County Communication Facility Environmental Assessment.

Processes/Services:

DDS is providing both graphical and textual support to this environmental assessment. Our visual resource specialist has conducted photographic surveys of the project location and surrounding viewshed basin. In conjunction with the US Forest Service landscape architects, identified key observation points and prepared photographic simulations of the proposed and alternative actions for the environmental assessment. DDS will provide textual support for the scenery management sections of the environmental assessment.

Deliverable to Client:

Deliverables include photographic simulations of the proposed communication facility and textual support for the scenery management sections of the environmental assessment.

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Custom 3D Aerial Maps

Custom 3D Aerial Maps

Client:

Hyder Construction, Inc.

Pupose:

Hyder Construction approached DDS to create several display pieces for their Denver main office lobby. The purpose of the maps were to provide oblique views of construction projects Hyder completed in Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado. .

Processes/Services:

USGS NED and USDA NAIP data were imported into 3D Nature Visual Nature Studio 2 (VNS). Approximately 150% vertical exaggeration was applied and the lighting was moved to an angle that better suited the southerly view in each image. Several low-resolution screen captures of various viewpoints were prepared to present to the client to choose a preferred viewpoint. The client-chosen viewpoints were rendered at 12,000 by 9,000 pixels to TIFF format. The TIFF images were placed in Adobe Illustrator CS for label placement and logo insertion. Proofs of each map were sent to the client to review in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Upon client approval, the maps were printed on a HP DesignJet 5500 on a 7-mil photo satin paper.

Deliverable to Client:

Hard-copy Map

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Alternative Energies

It may be hard to see from the image above, but this is an example of a simulated visualization.  Sometimes the hardest part in selling an idea is selling the visual aspects.  Everyone agrees that the use of alternative energies are an important move, but not everyone is sold on being directly impacted by that technology.  With the use of these simulations, people can get a better idea of the visual "impact" that these structures will have so that they can make more informed decisions.

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