An Analysis of Applicability of the Visual Presentation by Computer Graphics Animation for Landscape Evaluation of Road Side Facilities

This study aims to analyze the applicability of the animation using three dimensional computer graphics for the visual presentation in the landscape evaluation. According to the recent research of visual perception, the continuous perspective images by the motion of eyes are essential to acquire the knowledge of space and objects. Therefore, the adoption of the animation has the advantage of the landscape evaluation over the presentation by the still pictures. In this paper, the animation and the still presentation methods are compared during evaluation tests of landscape design: design plans of pedestrian deck and poster columns. And it is cleared that the animation is appropriate for the evaluation of psychological pressure due to the perception of shapes and volumes of objects, but it has little advantage in the evaluation of such as picturesque beauty.