Fancy Alpine Maps

Information

• Publication Type: Student Project
• Workgroup(s)/Project(s):
  • Visualization Group
• Date: 2023
• Date (Start): April 2023
• Date (End): November 2023
• Matrikelnummer: 01326608
• First Supervisor:
  • Manuela Waldner
  • Adam Celarek

Abstract

Advanced techniques in shading and shadow mapping were integrated to boost visual effects and performance. Benchmarks on two GPUs, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 7700M, demonstrated the effectiveness of these updates.

In addition to the current updates, the report also outlines future work aimed at further enhancing the efficiency of the Alpine Maps renderer.

Additional Files and Images

Additional images and videos

fancy alpine maps teaser

Additional files

alpine maps v23.11 win: Windows binaries of the Fancy Alpine Maps project.

report: Detailed project report including implementation details, benchmark results and ideas on future work.

Weblinks

• alpinemaps.org
  Alpine Maps online (see Settings for fancy stuff)
• github fancy alpine maps
  Fancy Alpine Maps Github (Alpine Maps fork)
• github alpine maps
  Alpine Maps GitHub

BibTeX

@studentproject{kimmersdorfer-fancyMaps-2023,
  title =      "Fancy Alpine Maps",
  author =     "Gerald Kimmersdorfer",
  year =       "2023",
  abstract =   "In this report, I detail the significant enhancements and
               optimizations done to the Alpine Maps renderer.  Advanced
               techniques in shading and shadow mapping were integrated to
               boost visual effects and performance. Benchmarks on two
               GPUs, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and AMD Radeon HD 7700M,
               demonstrated the effectiveness of these updates.   In
               addition to the current updates, the report also outlines
               future work aimed at further enhancing the efficiency of the
               Alpine Maps renderer.",
  month =      nov,
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2023/kimmersdorfer-fancyMaps-2023/",
}