Digital City (Image driven 3D modeling)
This is my test rendering with texture driven 3D modeling. Using the RGB color to drive the 3D modeling. For instance: red color generate commercial buidling, green color generate residential building, blue color generate mixed use building along a diagonal axis. The similar concept can be find at Jim Van Allen's website. The next step is using Geographic Information System (GIS) map to genreate demographic and social layers based on the US Census Data and visulize this none-geometric data with 3D form. Also, the DEM map and Land Use map can be considered as well.
Here is the MEL file.
