Geographic
Visualization

Slide 2

Research in
geographic visualization

Geography’s contribution

Why it demands our attention

Priority research areas:
short term (2-3 years)

Priority research areas:
medium term (3-5 years)

Priority research areas:
long term (10 years+)

Research objectives - 1

Research objectives - 2

How GVis differs from
the other themes

Visualization as a
UCGIS research theme - 1

Visualization as a
UCGIS research theme - 2

Relation to
emerging technologies

Opportunities related to
a GVis research theme

Example projects/
showcase demonstrations

Time-series animation (USGS)

TerraVision
(SRI International)

Floating Ring
(UC Santa Cruz)

GeoVISTA Center
(Penn State U)

Climate Animations
(U Oregon)

Argus Project
(Leicester U)

Scientific Visualization Center
(US EPA)

ArcView/Xgobi/XploRe
(Iowa State U)