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Data visualization applications in virtual globe software

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JCDL '08: Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

Pages 435 - 436

https://doi.org/10.1145/1378889.1378982

Published: 16 June 2008 Publication History

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Focusing on the intersection of visual data mapping and virtual globe software, this application is part digital library and part analytical tool. It combines data sets into a collaborative database and visualizes the information through Google Earth overlays. This user-centered interface makes previously hard-to-use public information (e.g. census data) accessible and easily interpretable.

We are presenting an interactive application named GeoDatum that allows users to upload their databases and display this information through a number of visualization tools, either individually or comparatively. The software is an open source web application with multiple goals. Primarily, it is a central repository for both geographic boundaries and the data related to those boundaries. In addition, it gives users the ability to create dynamic visualizations viewable in Google Earth's extensible KML environment, complete with full 3D renderings and animations. The trade-off is that anyone who wants to use the application to generate visualizations will leave their data for public use.

The software's core functionality is to allow users to import their own Shapefiles as well as CSVs containing data about the geographic areas. Shapefiles are an industry standard GIS format supported by numerous software applications including ArcGIS. This software will convert this information into KML files and Google Earth overlays. While it can display publicly available data sets, it also allows a user to include their own information, thus making it a useful internal analytic tool for private interests as well.

We will present a case study done with the Brooklyn Public Library that utilizes this tool in the service of a project on urban planning and analysis.

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Huang HLiu W(2013)Building 3D Web Map Applications Based on Google Earth and ArcGIS ServerProceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Communication, Electronics and Automation Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-31698-2_115(813-819)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31698-2_115
Seppenhauser TStenzer AFreitag B(2010)Retrieving Cultural Heritage Information with Google EarthProceedings of the 2010 12th International Asia-Pacific Web Conference10.1109/APWeb.2010.29(92-98)Online publication date: 6-Apr-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/APWeb.2010.29

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JCDL '08: Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries

June 2008

490 pages

ISBN:9781595939982

DOI:10.1145/1378889

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Ronald Larsen
University of Pittsburgh, USA
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Andreas Paepcke
Stanford University, USA
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José Borbinha
INESC-ID, Portugal
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Mor Naaman
Yahoo! Research Berkeley, USA

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Huang HLiu W(2013)Building 3D Web Map Applications Based on Google Earth and ArcGIS ServerProceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Communication, Electronics and Automation Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-31698-2_115(813-819)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31698-2_115
Seppenhauser TStenzer AFreitag B(2010)Retrieving Cultural Heritage Information with Google EarthProceedings of the 2010 12th International Asia-Pacific Web Conference10.1109/APWeb.2010.29(92-98)Online publication date: 6-Apr-2010
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/APWeb.2010.29

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