Building a Video Wall for Earth Observation Data

Abstract

Earth observation satellites are generating large amounts of data as they monitor the earth' environment. Large scale visualisation represents a powerful mechanism to explore and communicate this data; however, conventional tools and screens are limited by their size, while large shared screens are limited in their resolution. In this paper, we describe the motivations and design for a multi-panel video wall facility for the new International Space Innovation Centre. We further describe two visualisation applications which have been designed to demonstrate some of the potential of this wall to share data visualisations with a large audience, while providing a highly detailed view on the data.