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3D Models allow the integrated view of the surface, as well as the subsurface geology and relevant information of related processes.

3D Models allow the integrated view of the surface, as well as the subsurface geology and relevant information of related processes.

The internet platform www.3d-geology.de is our contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth    (IYPE). Major objective is the bundling of information and best praxis examples of modelling results in new fields of application. 3D-Modelling provides an essential input of knowledge to the subsurface and will be a future-oriented management tool of natural resources.

GIS4Geology - GIS for geological modelling approaches

GIS4Geology is an open-source QGIS plugin designed for the creation of geological 3d models via cross sections. It requires data such as a Digital Elevation Model (DEM), borehole data, and geological maps. This tool enables users a step-by-step solution of various tasks related to geological modeling. The constructive workflow allows for the generation of an initially empty cross section, which can be populated by digitization of lines. On top of ths complex database a geological volume model is generated, that can also be parameterized. This leads to numerical 3d models. The volume model is set up of octrees and can be visualized by the most recent scientific visualization tools.
gis4geology_v1_2.zip (37.1 MB)  vom 16.05.2025

Scienific exhibitions

Foto: P. Wycisk

Foto: P. Wycisk

Scientific exhibition  “The vitreous underground – innovative visualization techniques in 3d-geology”

Video Zukunftsstadt Halle-Neustadt 2050
Geology and urban planning

Video Holographic projection 3D Saline underground

Concept and realization: – Dept. Hydro- and Environmental Geology,  Martin Luther University, Halle (Germany). The exhibition is an outcome  of the activities awarded by the national prize “Land of ideas” in 2007  and 2012.

Recent literature:

Wycisk,  P. & Schimpf, L. (2016): Visualising 3D geological models through  innovative techniques. – Z. Dt. Ges. Geowiss., 167: 405–418, Stuttgart.   

Previous venues:

  • Stadtmuseum Halle (Saale), Wissenschaft trifft Kunst, 9. Feb. - 19. Mar. 2017
  • Geologische Bundesanstalt Wien, Geologie³ - Geologie in drei Dimensionen, 11. Oct. - 13. Dec. 2016
  • Techn. Rathaus Halle (Saale), 23. Feb. - 15. Apr. 2016
  • StadtSenUm, Berlin, 23. Feb. - 30. Jun. 2016
  • GeoBerlin, 5. - 7. Okt. 2015
  • GEOZENTRUM Hannover, Nov. 2014 - Feb. 2015
  • Ministry of Science, Magdeburg, July - Oct. 2014
  • Thalia Bookstore am Markt, Halle, Nov.- Jan. 2014
  • Martin Luther University, Halle, July – Oct. 2014

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