Lab 5: 3D Terrain Visualization

 

In this lab, you will use ArcGIS Pro to do 3D visualization and animation. There are two major topics you will learn from the lab exercises: 1) performing 3D rendering and visualization, and 2) performing fly-through animation. Type the answers to all questions at the end of the lab instructions, attach the requested images, and submit them to the instructor. The lab data for the ESRI E-Learning courses can be downloaded from I:\Students\Instructors\Geoffrey_Duh\GEOG4593\Lab5 or from the ESRI E-Learning site.

 

Instructions

1.      Complete the "3D Visualization Using ArcGIS Pro" online course and finish its three exercises on ESRI Virtual Campus. Please review the questions below before you start the online course so that you produce the required data along the way. When finished, make sure you are familiar with the visualization and 3D navigation skills introduced in the online class. You will use these skills in the subsequent tasks.

 

2.    Complete the "Fly Through South America in a 3D Animation" online course. The tutorial data will be accessed through ArcGIS Pro online portals. Make sure you learn the use of the following animation components in this exercise:

*        Keyframes

*        Animation Timeline

*        Different keyframes transitions

      When the animation is finished, use the Movie Export tool to record your fly-through animation as HD720 MPEG4 (.mp4) format. Please note that the export process could take more than 30 minutes to complete. Copy you .mp4 file to I:\Students\Public folder (or its subfolder) and provide the information for Question 3 in your report. The I:\Students\Public folder will be cleaned occasionally. Make sure you keep a backup copy of the .mp4 file for your own record.

 

Deliverable

  1. List the ArcGIS Pro (3D) scene's elevation sources of the three visualization exercises that you performed in this lab.

 

Visualization Exercise

Elevation Source

CraterLakeOR

 

SanDiego

 

Fly Through South America

 

 

  1. Use the Data Source information from the Layer Properties dialog window to complete the table below. Place a check mark indicating the type for each source data in the table. If the source data set is a (3D) multipatch, then you only indicate it as a multipatch, not as a 3D feature class.

 

Date type

Source data

2D feature class

3D feature class

Raster

TIN

Multipatch

MapServer Service

[CraterLake] LookoutTowers

 

 

 

 

 

[CraterLake] Imagery

 

 

 

 

 

[CraterLake] Elevation

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CraterLake] Water

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SanDiego] Topographic

 

 

 

 

 

[SanDiego] Park

 

 

 

 

 

[SanDiego] Buildings

 

 

 

 

 

[SanDiego] ComplexBuildings_Texture

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Provide the filename of your fly-through movie avi and its folder path in the space below, so that the instructor can have access to the move file. Make sure you put the file under the I:\Students\Public folder (or its subfolder). Click here to see a demo of the animated flight.

 

Path (e.g., I:\Students\Public\DTA_mylab5)

 

File Name (e.g., myname_lab5.mp4)