Voyager: An interactive software for visualizing large, geospatial data sets

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 8-19

  Anderson, John C ^a   Andres, Jose M ^a   Davis, McKay ^a   Fujiwara, Kayo ^a   Fang, Tie ^a   Nedbal, Michael ^a  

^a Makai Ocean Engineering Inc

Author keywords

GIS; Oceanography; Scientific visualization; Terrain rendering; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; VOLUME RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES; GEOSPATIAL DATA SET; INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE; LEVEL OF DETAIL; MULTI-THREADING CAPABILITIES; OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES; TERRAIN RENDERING; VOLUMETRIC DATA;

MICROCOMPUTERS;

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA SET; FLOW FIELD; GIS; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; SOFTWARE; TERRAIN; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 77957154635     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.44.4.2     Document Type: Article

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