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Tour the Great Wall with 3D technology
www.chinanews.cn 2006-01-09 17:23:30
Chinanews, Jan. 9 �C The China Academy of Social Sciences will join hands
with the Great Wall Association to replicate the image of the Great Wall
with three dimension technologies and put the image on internet, deputy
General Secretary of the Great Wall Association Zhang Ji said on Sunday.
"The image of the Great Wall will be finely made and netizens will have a
clear view of the wall from its starting point, Shanhaiguan Pass, to its
termination, Jiayuguan Pass, where the Great Wall was originally made in
the Qin dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming dynasty", said Zhang.
He added that at present, they were preparing to take a navigational
picture of the wall, which will involve an investment of 200 million yuan.
After the website is finished, people will see the earth rotating when
clicking the website. If one clicks on the location of the Great Wall,
the earth will move closer and one gradually see a white line running
through the northern part of China. That is the Great Wall.
As a visitor on website, one can tour the Great Wall with a perspective
as closely as a normal tourist. Spending one day or two, one can ��walk��
through the Great Wall and get some information about the mineral
resources and economic development status nearby.
Zhang said in order to achieve this visual effect, they would need to use
advanced technologies such as navigational sensors, national geographic
information system and the GPS system. This equipment would allow them to
collect detailed information about the Great Wall. After analyzing and
processing, the data would be used to create a 3D image of the Wall,
which would later be posted on internet.
For some parts which were already destroyed and could not be displayed on
the picture, researchers will study the soil element of the location to
identify its archeological age.
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