Interactive 3D Visualisation of Meteorological Data Supervisor: Kurt Debattista Co-Supervisor: Joe Cordina Observer: Kevin Vella

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data2 APT Advanced practical task serve the purpose of allowing students to design, implement and document a medium to large project Student initiative Understand task + design Research into possible solutions Work alone under supervisor’s guidance

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data3 Overview Implement an application for interactively displaying meteorological data over the Mediterranean region in 3 dimensions

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data4 Literature Any good 3D book OpenGL Red book Paper describing cloud rendering algorithm Photocopies for occlusion culling

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data5 Assessment 50% Design/Implementation 30% Documentation/Inception Report 20% Presentation/Interview

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data6 Main issues of APT Implementation 3D static landscape Navigation interface + GUI Visualisation of meteorological data Extras Animation Streaming

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data7 3D Static Landscape Import geographical data into application Static model of Mediterranean Memory issues (does model fit in memory?) Performance (too many polygons?) Level of detail Occlusion culling

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data8 Navigation Navigation of camera through 3D world Design of basic navigation is very important (think carefully – Black and White) Must be intuitive GUI design (might not be needed) Fly-through animation Selected view points

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data9 Visualisation Visualisation of Clouds Precipitation Humidity Temperature Wind Input from grib format To be discussed in detail

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data10 Extras Streaming of data from server Real-time updates Selected view points shots Export to selected image format Animation of such images Precipitation over a week 3D real-time animation of meteorological events

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data11 Documentation Inception report (Thursday 28 th February) Analysis/Design Work plan Report Detailed analysis of problem Discussion of solution (+ others considered) Detailed description of data structures and algorithms used

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data12 Presentation 15 minute presentation Choice of material Knowledge of subject Clarity Interview Answer questions related to APT

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data13 Interaction Expect to report to supervisor every other week Thursday Who cannot attend must mail in progress report + work in progress demo First meeting Thursday 28 th February

Kurt DebattistaInteractive visualisation of 3D Meteorological Data14 The end All the best! Good luck! Work hard!