Hands-On, Virtual Reality from GIS
Unleashing the Power of GIS Workshop
March 6, 2006
Open ArcMap and make 'A New Empty Map'--go to the + symbol on a yellow diamond, 'ADD DATA', and navigate to pavemerged (shape, .shp, file) and the c2890278.tif image file.  The map that comes up shows part of the street network of Ann Arbor and an aerial including the University of Michigan football stadium (Figure 1).   Zoom in to take a closer look and also add the data layer called umstadium2 (another shape file), all shown in Figure 2.  The file umstadium2 is an empty shape file into which we will:

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ARCMAP:  DIGITIZE THE STADIUM--FIGURE 3 TO FIGURE 8.

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Figure 4.   Pull-down and "Start Editing."
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ARCMAP:  ADD DATA SHOWING STADIUM HEIGHT, FIGURE 9 TO FIGURE 11.
 


Figure 9.  Right-click.
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COPY THE NEWLY-DIGITIZED LAYER FROM ARCMAP TO ARCSCENE, FIGURE 12 TO FIGURE 17.
 

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Figure 14.  Right-click.
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ARCSCENE:  CONVERT THE 2D STADIUM TO A THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, FIGURE 18 TO FIGURE 23.

Figure 18.  Double left-click.
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ARCSCENE:  SAVE THE 3D ARCSCENE VIEW AS A VIRTUAL REALITY FILE (VRML; WRL) FORMAT.
 

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Then, open up your vrml file in the browser and drive around the stadium!