The Island of Berlin is an endeavor to visualize how Berlin could endure effected past times ascension ocean levels. The visualization provides a dramatic (if non precisely accurate) model of how global warming could upshot Berlin.
The Island of Berlin uses WebGL to exercise a 3D model of Berlin. The model depicts Berlin every bit surrounded past times a vast sea. Using the slide command y'all tin heighten the score of this ocean to thought which areas of Berlin would stay higher upwards H2O at dissimilar ocean levels.
Obviously Berlin is non on the happen of a mountain. It thus does non accept a significantly higher elevation than the expanse surrounding the city. The Island of Berlin thus does exercise an overly dramatic visualization. Under nearly models of ascension ocean levels Berlin volition non halt upwards an isle surrounded past times a vast sea. Therefore this type of visualization would run a lot meliorate using an actual island, for illustration Reunion Island.
Hans Hack's map of Berlin was inspired past times Nicolas Durou's Maquette. Maquette is a WebGL 3D model of Reunion Island inwards the Indian Ocean. This 3D model likewise allows y'all to adapt ocean levels to visualize how the isle could endure effected past times global warming. The Maquette model includes a population layer which is able to supply an estimation of the disclose of people on the isle who would endure effected past times dissimilar levels of ascension seas.
