A LANDSCAPE SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR POWER-P LANTS

As scenes of power plants give many influences to environments, the pl ants that harmonized with the environments are demanded. We developed a landscape simulation system for the plants by using computer graphic s technologies. This system has functions to generate realistic images about plant buildings and environments. Since the system contains inf ormation of ridge lines in addition to usual terrain data, the terrain shapes are expressed more precisely. Because the system enables users to visualize plant construction plans, the advance evaluations of pla nt scenes become possible. We regard this system as useful for environ mental assessment of power plants.