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TI: The Role of Research Institutions in Building Visual Content for the Geowall
AU: * Newman, R L
EM: rlnewman@ucsd.edu
AF: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225 United States
AU: Kilb, D
EM: dkilb@ucsd.edu
AF: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225 United States
AU: Nayak, A
EM: atul@epicenter.ucsd.edu
AF: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225 United States
AU: Kent, G
EM: gkent@ucsd.edu
AF: Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0225 United States
AB: The advent of the low-cost Geowall (http://www.geowall.org) allows researchers and students to study 3-D geophysical datasets in a collaborative setting. Although 3-D visual objects can aid the understanding of geological principles in the classroom, it is often difficult for staff to develop their own custom visual objects. This is a fundamentally important aspect that research institutions that store large (terabyte) geophysical datasets can address. At Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) we regularly explore gigabyte 3-D visual objects in the SIO Visualization Center (http://siovizcenter.ucsd.edu). Exporting these datasets for use with the Geowall has become routine with current software applications such as IVS's Fledermaus and iView3D. We have developed visualizations that incorporate topographic, bathymetric, and 3-D volumetric crustal datasets to demonstrate fundamental principles of earth science including plate tectonics, seismology, sea-level change, and neotectonics. These visualizations are available for download either via FTP or a website, and have been incorporated into graduate and undergraduate classes at both SIO and the University of California, San Diego. Additionally, staff at the Visualization Center develop content for external schools and colleges such as the Preuss School, a local middle/high school, where a Geowall was installed in February 2003 and curriculum developed for 8th grade students. We have also developed custom visual objects for researchers and educators at diverse education institutions across the globe. At SIO we encourage graduate students and researchers alike to develop visual objects of their datasets through innovative classes and competitions. This not only assists the researchers themselves in understanding their data but also increases the number of visual objects freely available to geoscience educators worldwide.
UR: http://siovizcenter.ucsd.edu/
DE: 4255 Numerical modeling
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 7260 Theory and modeling
DE: 7294 Instruments and techniques
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting