From viewsheds to viewscapes: Trends in landscape visibility and visual quality research

NC Inglis, J Vukomanovic, J Costanza… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
The study of visibility and visual quality (VVQ) spans scientific disciplines, methods,
frameworks and eras. Recent advances in line-of-sight computation and geographic …

The visual effect of wind turbines on property values is small and diminishing in space and time

W Guo, L Wenz, M Auffhammer - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Renewable power generation is the key to decarbonizing the electricity system. Wind power
is the fastest-growing renewable source of electricity in the United States. However …

Classification of cityscape areas according to landmarks visibility analysis

K Czyńska, P Rubinowicz - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper introduces a method of computational analysis of cityscape called Weighted
Visual Exposure Map (WVEM). The method aims at supporting the process of examining …

Climate change disproportionately affects visual quality of cultural ecosystem services in a mountain region

NC Inglis, J Vukomanovic - Ecosystem Services, 2020 - Elsevier
Expansive vistas in mountain systems make scenic viewscapes–the visible portions of a
landscape with which people form a connection–essential providers of cultural ecosystem …

Rapid viewshed analyses: A case study with visibilities limited by trees and buildings

JR Parent, Q Lei-Parent - Applied geography, 2023 - Elsevier
High-resolution digital surface models improve the precision of viewshed analyses, but
these data can be challenging to use for large study areas. We developed a 2D viewshed …

Decision support for the selection of optimal tower site locations for early‐warning wildfire detection systems in South Africa

AM Heyns, W du Plessis, KM Curtin… - International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Effective early detection of forest fires can be achieved by specialised systems of tower‐
mounted cameras. Foresters and locals with intimate knowledge of the terrain traditionally …

An IO-efficient parallel implementation of an R2 viewshed algorithm for large terrain maps on a CUDA GPU

A Osterman, L Benedičič, P Ritoša - International Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A rapid and flexible parallel approach for viewshed computation on large digital elevation
models is presented. Our work is focused on the implementation of a derivate of the R2 …

Reaching beyond GIS for comprehensive 3D visibility analysis

R Wróżyński, K Pyszny, M Wróżyńska - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
Visibility analyses are one of the fundamental geospatial processing tasks applied in various
fields. Recent technological advancements have accelerated viewshed calculations and …

Utilising Lidar survey to locate and evaluate Offa's Dyke

L Delaney - Offa's Dyke Journal, 2021 - revistas.jasarqueologia.es
The enigmatic and gigantic Offa's Dyke has long been understood as a demonstration of the
power of the Mercian state in the long eighth century. Despite this, rarely have previous …

LiDAR-based method for analysing landmark visibility to pedestrians in cities: case study in Kraków, Poland

K Pyka, R Piskorski, A Jasińska - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We propose a method for analysing landmark visibility from a pedestrian's perspective. A
case study is performed in Kraków, a city with many architectural monuments, where …