Representing scientific data sets in KML: Methods and challenges

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Ballagh, Lisa M ^a   Raup, Bruce H ^a   Duerr, Ruth E ^a   Khalsa, Siri Jodha S ^a   Helm, Christopher ^a,c   Fowler, Doug ^a   Gupte, Amruta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of Colorado   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryosphere; Google Earth; Science education and outreach; Snow and ice; Virtual Globe

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; GOOGLE EARTH; SCIENCE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH; SNOW AND ICE; VIRTUAL GLOBE;

MARKUP LANGUAGES; NASA; SNOW; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

ICE;

CRYOSPHERE; GIS; INTERNET; MAPPING; SPATIAL DATA; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 78650739888     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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