Posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Secret 3d Model Helped Kiwis To Yachting Gold
Scoop Culture
A secret behind New Zealand’s Gold Medal-winning yachting performance at the Beijing Olympics has been revealed — a three-dimensional model of the land and undersea terrain that gave sailors knowledge of what to expect from wind and currents. “It involved software modeling prepared by Dave Johnson, of Met Oceans Solutions in Raglan who has a business wave modeling for oil rigs. Hydrographic and GIS data was obtained for the undersea and land terrain. Google earth satellite data was then used for overlaying the shore photography,” said Peter.
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