“L. A.- The Movie” by Hussey, Mortensen and Hall
Conference:
Title:
- L. A.- The Movie
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Description:
This computer-generated frame illustrates techniques used by JPL imaging scientists to create “L.A.: The Movie;• a two minute film taking viewers on an aerial ride over a three dimensional Southern California landscape. Beginning with a single, two-dimensional LANDSAT satellite photo of the Los Angeles area and existing elevation data, image processors used a special computer algorithm to generate 3,336 film frames similar to this view. Vertical scale was exaggerated by a factor of two, so mountains appear twice as tall as they would in reality. Animation techniques develo.ped during the proof-of-concept project will be used by scientists to study the three-dimensional nature of global cloud cover. The research is funded by NASA’s Office of Space Science and Application.
Additional Contributors:
VIDEO PRODUCTION: Digital Image Animation Laboratory (DIAL/JPL)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Original (3-D) algorithm; M. Kobrick
MIPL OPERATIONS: R. Bambery, S. Fullner, T. Greer, W. Stromberg
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: W. Tuk, J. DiStefano
Additional Information:
FORMAT:
1″ NTSC Video
