In preparation for an interactive demonstration for a University open day I've been working on improving the Stonehenge model a little. The new terrain heightmap is based on Ordnance Survey data, with textures based on landcover extracted from contemporary mapping. I've also added woodland where it is presently mapped and attempted to represent the earthworks of the henge itself within the terrain model by "painting" banks and ditches onto the greyscale heightmap. Quite a bit of work to do yet, but here is a quick image of Stonehenge silhouetted by the setting sun viewed from the east, close to the present A344 outside just Amesbury.
Friday, 4 June 2010
Improving on Stonehenge
In preparation for an interactive demonstration for a University open day I've been working on improving the Stonehenge model a little. The new terrain heightmap is based on Ordnance Survey data, with textures based on landcover extracted from contemporary mapping. I've also added woodland where it is presently mapped and attempted to represent the earthworks of the henge itself within the terrain model by "painting" banks and ditches onto the greyscale heightmap. Quite a bit of work to do yet, but here is a quick image of Stonehenge silhouetted by the setting sun viewed from the east, close to the present A344 outside just Amesbury.
