3D seabed: 3D modeling and visualization platform for the seabed

We are building a `virtual-world' of a real world seabed for its visual analysis. Sub-bottom profile is imported in the 3D environment. “section-drilling” three-dimensional model is designed according to the characteristics of the multi-source comprehensive data under the seabed. In this model, the seabed stratigraphic profile obtained by seismic reflection is digitized into discrete points and interpolated with an approved Kriging arithmetic to produce uniform grid in every strata layer. The Delaunay triangular model is then constructed in every layer and calibrated using the drilling data to rectify the depth value of the dataset within the buffer. Finally, the constructed 3D seabed stratigraphic model is rendered in every layer by GPU shader engine. Based on this model, two state-of-the-art applications on website explorer and smartphone prove its ubiquitous feature. The resulting `3D Seabed' is used for simulation, visualization, and analysis, by a set of interlinked, real-time layers of information about the 3D Seabed and its analysis result.