Scientific and web visualization-graphics
Scientific visualization allows to represent graphically, 2 or 3D, information on geographic data, a scalar, vector or tensor. Open source softwares with appealing features are ParaView, Visit, MayaVi.
The same web technologies are allowing more and more rich and interactive views within the browser, for instance, HTML5 Canvas with WebGL, or JQuery, OpenLayers, GeoExt, Protovis, JSXgraph, Raphael, Flot, PhiloGL, Google Maps and Bing, among others.
Demo
Profile navigable and zoomable in the Antarctic ice sheet
Powered by Protovis.
Viewed with recent versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox.
Not supported by I. Explorer..
Topographic profile in the Northern Apennines from the island of Giglio in Monte Conero
Powered by Protovis.
Viewed with recent versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox.
Not supported by I. Explorer..
Geological map of the area between the Valnerina Sant’Anatolia Narco and Cerreto di Spoleto - Umbria (Italy)
Developed with OpenLayers, GeoExt and ExtJS.
Tested under Windows Vista with Firefox, I. Explorer, Safari and Opera.
