Improving Data Visualisation for the Public Sector
The Improving data visualisation for the public sector project undertaken in the United Kingdom provides an excellent resource of case studies, tools, step by step instructions for creating visualisation products. The site includes tools and examples of both information and geographical visualisation which can improve access to data and ultimately assist government in its decision-making processes. This is a great practical resource.
Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science – Conference Program Now Available
The Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science is being held in Hong Kong 26-28th May. The GeoViz and Virtual Reality Working Group is chairing the session on Geographical Vizualization to be held on Friday 28th. There are a number of papers being presented during this session covering areas such as: GeoViz web portals and online visualization systems, digital globes, gaming engines, context aware visualization, participatory planning using touch tables. See the full…
Visualizing Biological Data – reviews
A Supplement issue to Nature Methods March 2010 Volume 7, No 3s, includes a series of five commissioned Reviews that discuss the challenges of visualizing biological data and the visualization tools available to biologists working with genomes, alignments and phylogenies, macromolecular structures, images and systems biology data. These reviews are freely available to download (http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v7/n3s/index.html).
Call for papers – Special Issue “Internet and Landscapes”
This is to announce a call for peer reviewed papers for the open access journal Future Internet. The special issue will focus on the theme of “Internet and Landscapes“. Papers will be received up until the 28th August 2010. Particular area of interest to be considered for this publication include: Recent advances in online geographical / landscape visualization Novel landscape information repositories, websites, and portals Collaborative web 2.0 approaches for communicating landscapes Research, development and applications of virtual globe technologies…
A new participatory approach for landscape planning using touch table technology – part II
Here Subhash demonstrates the versatility of the Biozone Constructor tool in supporting whole farm planning. The tool can be used to place windbreaks and design forestry plantations. We believe there is much potential in such a participatory approach to whole farm planning. Our research over the next few months will focus on extending existing functionality and improving the underlying geodatabase platform.
A new participatory approach for landscape planning using touch table technology
The Biozone Constructor ArcGIS tool is a novel integrated technology solution comprising a Geographic Information System, 3D computer gaming engine and a touch table interface. This prototype technology application supports the planning of biolink habitat corridors in an interactive collaborative planning environment. The tool is a result of collaborative research and development between the Future Farming Systems Research Division within the Department of Primary Industries and the Department of Geomatics University of Melbourne. The tool has been funded through the…
Sixthsense – Removing the Digital Divide.
The SixthSense prototype is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world and objects with digital data and information. Such technologies hold many exciting opportunities in being able to visualise, communicate across the digital Divide. Thanks to Falak Sheth member of our ISPRS working group for making us aware of this emerging technology which has many potential applications to the fields of geographical visualisation and virtual reality.
Virtual London 2010
This is an excellent example of an urban visualization posted by our friends at Digital Urban produced by Infoterra. The interface from private sector to university is an important relationship in making strategic and applied research a reality. It is nice to read about the link between Infoterra and CASA in creating early versions of the Virtual London project. Virtual London – Available via Skape World January 2010.
Using Google Earth to Visualise Climate Change Impacts
This Google Earth site provides an exciting application of the virtual globe platform for exploring likely climate change impacts and possible climate adaptation futures ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Copenhagen in December (COP15). The first of the 5 narrated virtual tours provides an introduction by Al Gore and the remaining 4 tours enable you to explore a number of climate change related issues such as the impact of deforestation and subsequent increased carbon dioxide emissions. Also available from…