Intro to Freely Available Viz Tools

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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.htm
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• GeoFusion GeoPlayer browser plug-in
• http//www.geofusion.com/doc/GeoPlayerControlAPI.h
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Google Earth

• UCAR LDM Pipeline Weather Service
• Iraq SIGACT DB Viewer

Vector Data
LDM GRIB
grib_contour
GDAL/OGR KML
Raster Data
LDM NDIS
libndis decoder
PostGIS TileIndex
UMN WMS
GDAL HFA
PostGIS DB
Perl CGI
KML
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UCAR LDM Feeds
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• ATMOS.UCSD.EDU Stats
• http//www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstat
  s_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 IDSDDPLUS 33.052 0.930 39.052
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• ATMOS.UCSD.EDU Stats
• http//www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstat
  s_summary_volume?atmos.ucsd.eduGRAPH

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ATMOS.UCSD.EDU
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Iraq SIGACTDB Query

• SIGACT report emails
• Load into PostGIS
• Perl CGI Web interface
• KML output

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Iraq SIGACTDB Result

• 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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Virtual Terrain Project

• 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

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OssimPlanet

• 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

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OssimPlanet / Varrier
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OssimPlanet / StarCave
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Ossim OMAR

• OSSIM Mapping Archive
• Searchable
• Temporal
• Geospatial
• Metadata
• Openlayers Tilecache
• WMS output
• KML output

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GeoPlayer Web Browser Plug-in

• HTML defined UI
• JavaScript
• Flash
• Direct DB Access
• PostGIS
• MySQL
• 3D Wavefront .obj
• Animation Paths
• Image Billboards
• Environment Access
• Screen
• Object

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• John Graham
• San Diego State University
• Visualization Center Chief Scientist
• OSGeo Charter member
• johng_at_telascience.org