This paper introduces a framework for a 3D visualization working space in which users can efficiently manipulate components associated with information/knowledge. This space with 3D graphical interfaces for knowledge/information navigation is geared on a framework based on MVC (Model-View-Controller) which has been implemented in WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation). This 3D space is integrate...

We present the usage of a non-discrete degree of interest (DOI) function, obtained by brushing multi-valued 3D simulation data in information visualization views, to define opacity, color, and geometrical transfer functions for 3D rendering in a scientific visualization view via linking. To reflect the smooth nature of features in flow simulation data, smooth brushing was chosen. Different avai...

The analysis of spatial variability of soils has been of interest to soil scientists and geographers for quite some time. Information on soil properties are usually available from a limited number of point measurements and spatial estimates are prepared in two dimensions (e.g. by interpolation or other technique). However, soil is essentially a 3D object with varying properties in all spatial d...

opsis of all flow features simultaneously. Good examples of 2D synoptic visualizations are weather maps from both TV news reports and online Web pages. The human visual system is adept at finding patterns within larger contexts, and we hypothesize that synoptic visualization methods will help users find unexpected features more quickly and thus speed the understanding of complex 3D time-varying...

opsis of all flow features simultaneously. Good examples of 2D synoptic visualizations are weather maps from both TV news reports and online Web pages. The human visual system is adept at finding patterns within larger contexts, and we hypothesize that synoptic visualization methods will help users find unexpected features more quickly and thus speed the understanding of complex 3D time-varying...

3D city models can be visualized on the web through OGC W3DS services. However this standard does not support a client-side definiton of visualization rules in order to have a homogeneous visualization of 3D scenes representing data from different servers. But for 2D maps on the web this goal is achieved using a specific language [specification]-the Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) Specification. ...

Models, which represent in 3 dimensions the geometric elements of a city, are called 3D city models. Those models are used for an intended wide range of applications beyond mere visualization. Such uses are made possible by enriching the geometrical aspects with urban or environmental data that cannot be perceptible to a user without a visual abstraction. Using such models implies interacting w...

Visualization has become an indispensable tool for scientists to extract knowledge from large amounts of data and convey that knowledge to others. Visualization may be exploratory or illustrative. Exploratory visualization generally provides multiple views of the data at different levels of abstraction and should be highly interactive, whereas illustrative visualization is often made offline at...

This paper describes information technology being developed to improve the quality, sophistication, accessibility, and pedagogical simplicity of ecological network data, analysis, and visualization. We present designs for a WWW demonstration/prototype web site that provides database, analysis, and visualization tools for research and education related to food web research. Our early experience ...

3D-Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) provides data that enables an exploration of brain fibers at very high resolution. However, the visualization poses several challenges. Beside the huge data set sizes, users have to visually perceive the pure amount of information which might be, among other aspects, inhibited for inner structures because of occlusion by outer layers of the brain. We propose ...