X3D-EarthBrowser: Visualize our earth in your web browser

Proceedings - Web3D 2013: 18th International Conference on 3D Web Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 139-142

  Englert, Michael ^a   Herzig, Pasquale ^a   Wagner, Sebastian ^a   Jung, Yvonne ^a   Bockholt, Ulrich ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER IGD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compression; HTML5; Terrain rendering; WebGL

Indexed keywords

DATA STREAMING; HTML5; MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA; OCEANOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONS; OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM; REAL TIME VISUALIZATION; TERRAIN RENDERING; WEBGL;

COMPACTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WEB BROWSERS;

EID: 84883076915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2466533.2466556     Document Type: Conference Paper

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