3-dimensional mapping

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3D Cartography

This break through in computer technology is one of the greatest advancements in technology because it allows us to view something with great detail. for example when looking at a standard topo map there are topo lines that help you visualize elevation but with a 3D image you can actually see the change as in image 2. This is not the only thing that has benefited from 3d imagery. Cave mapping has taken great use of 3-dimensional mapping as you can see in image 1 above. The survey tools that are used in cave mapping are very sophisticated and really cool to use they are so useful because caves are so much better to view in a 3-dimensional world. Caves are wild and most of the time go off into all directions. the technology that is being used has opened so many more doors for scientist to study caves. This goes for many other fields as well there are 3-dimensional modeling programs that hydrologists, geologists, vulcanologist's and other scientists use to map the worlds wonders in a 3-dimensional world.