Dieter Gaffrey wrote:

> at our institute a future item of a diploma thesis
> shall be the use of ray-tracing software
> (i.e.: Povray because every student can
> afford it ;-) ) for scientific, forestry related applications.
>
> This can be
> - visualisation of landscapes with real geometry (e.g., based
> on GIS data) and with vegetation (with more
> or less real architecture),
> - modelling the light regime in plant/forest communities
> (under different light conditions, at different layers)
> combined with image analysis to evaluate the photosynthesic
> potential ...,

Do you want to use Pov to represent the output of the models (previously
calculated by an external programme) or to run the models themselves ?

A useful link, BTW : http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/ecosys/

G.

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