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Capitol Zoom - SIGGRAPH 2001 Final Submission
Capital Zoom is a seamless, cloudless zoom-in from a global view down to the nation's Capitol building that is composed entirely of satellite data. This data includes IKONOS 1 meter data, Landsat-7 15/30 meter data, Terra/MODIS 250 meter data, and Terra/MODIS 8 kilometer data. The visualization first zooms

in seamlessly, then zooms out/in showing where the different data set layers reside.

This visualization has been accepted to SIGGRAPH 2001. It includes narration. This visualization was created using Maya for motion control, Renderman for

rendering, IDL for pre-processing of the data, Imagine for image registration, and Photoshop for color matching.


A narrated zoom from space to the Capitol Building in Washington DC, followed by a zoom back out to space showing the area covered by each of the four data sets used in the animation. This animation was chosen for the Animation Theater at SIGGRAPH 2001.    A narrated zoom from space to the Capitol Building in Washington DC, followed by a zoom back out to space showing the area covered by each of the four data sets used in the animation. This animation was chosen for the Animation Theater at SIGGRAPH 2001.
Duration: 2.0 minutes
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Full globe view    Full globe view

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Eastern North America view    Eastern North America view

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Mid-Atlantic view    Mid-Atlantic view

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Washington DC metro area view    Washington DC metro area view

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Capitol and surrounding area view    Capitol and surrounding area view

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U.S. Capitol    U.S. Capitol

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Animation Number:2133
Animators:Greg Shirah (SVS) (Lead)
 Horace Mitchell (SVS)
 Marte Newcombe (SVS)
 Michael Mangos (SVS)
 James W. Williams (SVS)
 Alex Kekesi (SVS)
 Stuart A. Snodgrass (SVS)
 Mike Velle (HTSI)
Completed:2001-05-08
Scientist:Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
Writer:Jarrett Cohen (GST)
Narrator:Marte Newcombe (GST)
Instruments:IKONOS
 Landsat-7/ETM+
 Terra/MODIS
Data Collected:Terra/MODIS: 2000/03/06, Landsat: 1999/05/11, IKONOS: 2000/04/01
Series:Great Zooms
 Narrated Movies
Video:SVS2001-0016 *
Keywords:
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Physical geography
SVS >> SIGGRAPH
SVS >> Zoom
This work has been visible on
Shown at the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival August 12-17 2001 in Los Angeles California.
Science paper:SIGGRAPH 2001 Animation Festival
 
 
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