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That's a lot of work, and a beautiful result. I'm just not sure what the purpose is.
by bufferoverflow 6y ago
That's a lot of work, and a beautiful result. I'm just not sure what the purpose is.
- qmmmur 6y agoI can't understand how you so monumentally miss the point. It's art.
- foobarbecue 6y agoActually I wonder if it might be a significant contribution to the field of hydrology. For example, for use in floodplain modeling after landscaping, or water resources work.
- yorwba 6y agoNot really, since he's just trying to create a visually pleasing result and can ignore a lot of phenomena that would change the exact course of the river, like the water speed, water level, erosion resistance of different materials, slope of the terrain... (The example of a circular "river" meandering should be a pretty big hint that it's not physically accurate.)
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