Construction of 3D Thai Monument Models Used for Google Earth

摘要

This paper presents a construction of 3D Thai monument models used for Google Earth (GE) through the use of a commercial program e.g. 3DS Max program. In this method, information of democracy monument and giantswing are brought from measurements and are drawn into ratios of structures. They are made for realistic models, adjusted for suitable models, taken in colors for the realistic models and rendered to the beautiful models. These models are converted to files which are used in GE and arranged into suitable and realistic positions of GE map. And then such files are saved into GE program and uploaded on website for a download of other persons. For testing the download of models on the GE program, the result shows that these models can be located on the real sites of the world and can be seen from any view. Twenty students are assigned to test the GE program. The most students reveal that it is easy to use the GE program and to understand the models.