1. - 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. 3D SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT APPLICATIONS. - 3. SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT DATA. - 4. THE SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT DATABASE GENERATION PROCESS. - 5. SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT DATABASE EXCHANGE RE-USE AND SHARING. - 6. SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENT VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES. - 7. CONCLUSION. - 8. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. - 2. - 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. PRELIMINARIES. - 3. MULTIRESOLUTION MESHES. - 4. SURVEY OF EXISTING MODELS. - 5. CONCLUSIONS. - 3. - 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. THE VPF+ DATA STRUCTURE. - 3. THE PROTOTYPE. - 4. NRL'S GIDB. - 5. CONCLUSION. - 6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. - 4. - 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. DATA ACQUISITION. - 3. AUTOMATED RECONSTRUCTION. - 4. TEXTURE MAPPING. - 5. CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK. - 5. - 1 INTRODUCTION / PHOTO-REALISTC VISUALIZATION. - 2 VISUALIZATION. - 3 CAPTURING. - 4 CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK. - 6. - 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. MODELING REQUIREMENTS FOR A MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM. - 3. MODELING METHODS. - 4. CONCLUSIONS. - 7. - 1. INTRODUCTION. - 2. DATA SOURCES. - 3. BACKGROUND WORK ON URBAN DATABASE CONSTRUCTION. - 4. MODEL BUILDING STRATEGIES. - 5. SEMI-AUTOMATIC URBAN CONSTRUCTION. - 6. BACKGROUND WORK ON URBAN VISUALIZATION. - 7. REAL-TIME URBAN VISUALIZATION. - 8. CONCLUSIONS. - 9. FUTURE DIRECTIONS. - 10. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Language: English