http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/more-fiddling-with-Blender-and-GIS-tp521259p521468.html
>
> For the transportation part?
>
> (Sorry, I don't get it.)
>
> On 2/27/06, Douglas Roberts <doug at parrot-farm.net> wrote:
> > Python, for the transportation part. BTW, I found this language speed
> > comparison interesting:
> >
> >
http://furryland.org/~mikec/bench/> >
> > --Doug
> >
> >
> > On 2/27/06, Giles Bowkett <gilesb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Steve, I know it's been a good long time since you posted this,
> > > but did you end up using Python for the agent simulation stuff as
> > > well, or just to drive Blender's topography stuff?
> > >
> > > On 1/12/06, Stephen Guerin < stephen.guerin at redfish.com> wrote:
> > > > We're preparing for a project that will be an agent-based model of
> > wildfire
> > > > evacuation planning in Santa Fe -- Primarily a wildfire model
> coupled to
> > a
> > > > traffic model with agents embedded in a social network deciding
> whether
> > they
> > > > should stay in their houses or evacuate.
> > > >
> > > > I'm putting Blender (
http://www.blender3d.org ) through its paces to
> see
> > if we
> > > > can use it for the visualization (and possibly portions of the agent
> > and/or fire
> > > > modeling).
> > > >
> > > > Tonight, I tried importing Digital Elevation Models (DEM) for Los
> Alamos
> > and
> > > > Santa Fe directly into Blender. Below is a Quicktime that displays 2
> > square
> > > > degrees between latitude 35-36N and longitude 105-107W. The movie
> starts
> > in the
> > > > southwest corner (35N107W) and moves up to the northwest over the
> Valle
> > Caldera
> > > > near LANL (35.5N106.5W) and then over to Santa Fe. It ends roughly
> just
> > north of
> > > > Santa Fe Ski Basins looking down toward Albuquerque.
> > > >
> >
http://www.redfish.com/projects/SFWildfire/SantaFe_DEM_SRTM.mov> > > >
> > > > I used DEM files of type SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission)
> from an
> > FTP
> > > > directory at NASA ( ftp://e0srp01u.ecs.nasa.gov/srtm/)
> > > >
> > > > I found a SRTM conversion script on the Blender Elysiun forum. The
> > script is
> > > > very nicely packaged with a site, *great* documentation and a GUI in
> > Blender.
> > > > The site is here:
> > > >
> >
>
http://uaraus.altervista.org/index.php?filename=en/content/categories/Blender/DE> > > > M_importer.html. There's other scripts available to deal with other
> > formats.
> > > >
> > > > The documentation below is worth reading for more detail and it
> > graphically
> > > > explains the data format of the SRTM file:
> > > >
> >
http://www.redfish.com/projects/SFWildfire/DEM_importer_eng_0.0.4.pdf> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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> > >
> > > --
> > > Giles Goat Boy
> > >
> > >
http://gilesmakesmusic.blogspot.com> > >
http://gileswritescode.blogspot.com> > >
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>
>
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