The development of a postgraduate student of the Department of Geodesy, Physics and Engineering Structures of the Altai State Agrarian University Vadim Latkin allows you to make high-quality 3D mapping of natural landscapes, including agricultural ones, reports press service of the university.
The results of the research of the young scientist are published in scientific work in the journal Geodesy and Cartography.
Today, cartographic information is an integral part of any activity that requires knowledge about the earth's surface and the processes taking place on it. One of the ways to perform a qualitative and detailed analysis of natural areas in order to ensure ecological balance and stability of the environment is three-dimensional mapping using materials from various types of surveys - ground (photo / video) and space (satellite images).
3D maps allow you to perceive all the features of the surrounding area in a three-dimensional form familiar to the human eye. The availability of high-quality cartographic materials allows you to carry out the processes of analysis, planning and design remotely, saving time and material and technical resources.
The mapping technique developed by Vadim Latkin, a postgraduate student of the Department of Geodesy, Physics and Engineering Structures of the Altai State Agrarian University, makes it possible to create a high-quality 3D map of the area in the graphics editor of the Prism3D game engine.
"Prism3D" was developed by the Czech company "SCS Software" and is used in more than 30 popular video games and simulations. Its advantages - written in one of the most popular programming languages C++, cross-platform (compatible with Microsoft, Linux and MacOS), the ability to work with large open spaces. The software is commercially available, but there are also free packages.
“The use of the Prism3D engine for mapping is due to its qualitative advantages in visualization and a large library of objects,” says Vadim Latkin. The young scientist of ASAU developed and presented the interface, tools, various features and capabilities of the graphics editor used for mapping the area.
Scientists already created 3D map of a part of the territory of the Mikhailovsky district of the Altai Territory.
“Currently, cartographic mapping of the countryside is of great importance. This is explained by the fact that every year the outflow of the population to the cities increases, in the countryside there is a “desolation” of those places that were previously subject to anthropogenic impact and need to be restored. Only a natural favorable environment in the inter-settlement territory of individual regions is able to ensure the overall balanced ecology of the whole region,” Vadim Latkin is sure.
The main activity of the Mikhailovsky district is agriculture, so the quality of the land used and the state of the environment are of decisive importance. Farmers here face such environmental problems as disturbed lands, oppressed state of protective forest belts, irrational use of lands, cutting down and removal of pine forests, etc.
Using his development, the ASAU scientist created a 3D map of the actual state of the territory to solve these problems, on the basis of which he proposed a list of actions to resolve the problems and displayed the design state of the area on the map. For example, if it is necessary to carry out project activities to restore the protective forest belt on the site, the 3D map will allow modeling the laying of seedlings in accordance with the requirements and recommendations, depending on the natural conditions of the area.
According to the scientist, its development provides all the necessary information so that competent specialists in various fields of science, as well as authorities, can visually familiarize themselves with the environmental situation, determine the degree of seriousness and urgency of the problems, analyze the situation and proposed measures, conduct a comprehensive study and form the final conclusions.
The development of the Altai scientist will help put unused lands into circulation faster and monitor their condition, as well as predict and visualize what will happen to them in the near future.