1. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Hierarchies of visualization needs in earth science with particular applications to surface process and active tectonics investigations J Ramón Arrowsmith Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu http://activetectonics.la.asu.edu/GEONatASU/index.htm ramon.arrowsmith@asu.edu http://activetectonics.la.asu.edu/GEONatASU/index.htm http://www.geoinformaticsnetwork.org/swgeonet/ With Jeff Conner, Chris Crosby, and Gilead Wurman

2. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Hierarchies 2D, 2.5D, 3D, 4D –Cartesian or not Visualization Software 2D: ArcMap, ArcIMS, GRASS, GMT 2.5D: ArcScene, ArcGlobe, VRML 3D: VRML, OpenSceneGraph 4D: ArcScene fly (really 3.5D)?

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4. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Hierarchies (Thin) client, Desktop, Geowall, BigWall, Cave http://geowall.org ASU Decision Theater http://www.geoinformaticsnetwork.org/ swgeonet/

5. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Hierarchies -> All for/within/enablin g an Earth Science Interpretive Environment Bernadin, et al., Real-time Terrain Mapping, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2005

6. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Data requirements Digital Topography (including LiDAR) Remotely sensed imagery or shapefile texture map Seismicity, 3D structures, volume data Model inputs (geometry), outputs (calculated deformation fields) (e. g., Poly3D)

7. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Visualizing model mechanical models Faults in N. Sea oil reservoir Poly3D: http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/geomech/

8. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Stresses in N. Sea oil reservoir Poly3D: http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/geomech/

9. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES Integration requirements Democratization/portability Ease of adding content 3d interactivity: rapid zoom over large spatial scales of high res data (need LOD), as well as 3D digitizing and added surface fitting and other interpretive capability, including model steering.

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11. www.geongrid.org CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES http://activetectonics.la.asu.edu/Parkfield/vis/2004_Parkfield_Earthquake.html

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