1 intro to freely available viz tools google earth – nps xj3d-earth – virtual terrain project
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Intro to Freely Available Viz Tools
• Google Earth– http://code.google.com/apis/earth
• NPS Xj3D-Earth– http://x3d-earth.nps.edu/
• Virtual Terrain Project– http://www.vterrain.org/Doc/
• OSSIM– http://www.ossim.org/
– http://www.ossim.org/OSSIM/Albums/Pages/OMAR_1.html
• GeoFusion GeoPlayer browser plug-in– http://www.geofusion.com/doc/GeoPlayerControlAPI.html
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Google Earth• UCAR LDM Pipeline Weather Service
• Iraq SIGACT DB Viewer
LDM NDIS
libndisdecoder
PostGISTileIndex
UMNWMS
GDALHFA
LDM GRIB
grib_contourGDAL/OGR
KML
PostGISDB
Perl CGI KML
Vector Data
Raster Data
UCAR LDM Feeds3
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• ATMOS.UCSD.EDU Stats– http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstats_summary_volume?atmos.ucsd.edu
Data Volume Summary for atmos.ucsd.edu
Maximum hourly volume 8042.904 M bytes/hour Average hourly volume 3552.075 M bytes/hour Average products per hour 150669 prods/hour
Feed Average Maximum Products (M byte/hour) (M byte/hour) number/hour
CONDUIT 1782.324 [ 50.177%] 4790.116 49533.091 NGRID 675.413 [ 19.015%] 1071.433 15790.318 NNEXRAD 382.068 [ 10.756%] 464.990 32828.114 HDS 231.230 [ 6.510%] 442.280 19543.568 FNMOC 201.222 [ 5.665%] 1276.871 2070.591 NIMAGE 161.138 [ 4.536%] 256.017 202.523 FNEXRAD 85.628 [ 2.411%] 110.465 54.614 IDS|DDPLUS 33.052 [ 0.930%] 39.052 30646.614
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• ATMOS.UCSD.EDU Stats– http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstats_summary_volume?atmos.ucsd.edu+GRAPH
ATMOS.UCSD.EDU6
Iraq SIGACTDB Query
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• SIGACT report emails
• Load into PostGIS
• Perl CGI Web interface
• KML output
Iraq SIGACTDB Result
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• SQL Select statement shown for advanced users
• KMZ Launch Link
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Iraq SIGACT DB Result
KMZ Time Series Animations
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Convergence of the fields of CAD, GIS, visual simulation, surveying and remote sensing.
• Elevation– Artificial Terrain Generation
• Ground Detail– Imagery
– groundcover
• Culture– Roads
– Fences
– Power poles
– Vehicles and Traffic
– Buildings
• Plants– Virtual Forestry
Virtual Terrain Project
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• Remote Collaboration
• Double Precision 3D Accuracy
• Native File Access
• OGC WMS Interfaces
• WorldWind Server Support
• KML/KMZ Support
• Path Recording
• Open Source Software
• Video Wall, Multiprojector
• Multi-Platform Support
OssimPlanet
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OssimPlanet / Varrier
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OssimPlanet / StarCave
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• OSSIM Mapping Archive
• Searchable• Temporal
• Geospatial
• Metadata
• Openlayers Tilecache
• WMS output
• KML output
Ossim OMAR
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• HTML defined UI– JavaScript
– Flash
• Direct DB Access– PostGIS
– MySQL
– …
• 3D Wavefront .obj
• Animation Paths
• Image Billboards
• Environment Access– Screen
– Object
GeoPlayer Web Browser Plug-in
smer
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John Graham
San Diego State University
Visualization Center Chief Scientist
OSGeo Charter member