1. 1 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

2. 2 Google Earth UCAR LDM Pipeline Weather Service Iraq SIGACT DB Viewer LDM NDIS libndis decoder PostGIS TileIndex UMN WMS GDAL HFA LDM GRIB grib_contour GDAL/OGR KML PostGIS DB Perl CGIKML Vector Data Raster Data

3. UCAR LDM Feeds 3

4. 4 ATMOS.UCSD.EDU Stats –http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstats_summary_volume?atmos.ucsd.eduhttp://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 FeedAverage 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

5. 5 ATMOS.UCSD.EDU Stats –http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstats_summary_volume?atmos.ucsd.edu+GRAPHhttp://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/rtstats/rtstats_summary_volume?atmos.ucsd.edu+GRAPH

6. ATMOS.UCSD.EDU 6

7. Iraq SIGACT DB Query 7 SIGACT report emails Load into PostGIS Perl CGI Web interface KML output

8. Iraq SIGACT DB Result 8 SQL Select statement shown for advanced users KMZ Launch Link

9. 9 Iraq SIGACT DB Result KMZ Time Series Animations

10. 10  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

11. 11 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

12. 12 OssimPlanet / Varrier

13. 13 OssimPlanet / StarCave

14. 14 OSSIM Mapping Archive Searchable Temporal Geospatial Metadata Openlayers Tilecache WMS output KML output Ossim OMAR

15. 15 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

16. 16 John Graham San Diego State University Visualization Center Chief Scientist OSGeo Charter member johng@telascience.org