Geographic Visualisation

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Scientific communication can be enhanced by visualisation. Visualisation enables the outcomes of social, economic and environmental analysis to be brought together using visual media to convey meaning to rural and regional planners, managers, communities, stakeholders and policy-makers.

Visualisation allows us to:

present the landscape in realistic or near realistic ways
bring large data sets to life
enable people to become part of an interactive decision-making process
present animation, photomontage and augmented reality
Visualisation provides a powerful front-end for sophisticated and complex models. Through the use of visual media we can better inform communities, stakeholders, planners and managers of the implications of land use change. Through three-dimensional (3D) geographical visualisation, we can move beyond the use of traditional flat maps and create virtual landscapes where users can collaboratively explore past, present and future scenarios.

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