Real-time visualization in operational hydrology through web-based cartography

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-58

  Lienert, Christophe ^a   Weingartner, Rolf ^b   Hurni, Lorenz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; MAPS; MONITORING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; WATER; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DATA ARCHIVES; DECISION MAKERS; EARLY WARNINGS; HYDROLOGICAL EVENTS; LEVEL OF DETAILS; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; NATURAL EVENTS; NATURAL HAZARDS; RAW MEASUREMENTS; REAL-TIME DATUM; REAL-TIME INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME VISUALIZATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHARACTERS; WEB-BASED CARTOGRAPHIES;

VISUALIZATION;

CARTOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; REAL TIME; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 60849117524     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/152304009787340188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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