A Collaborative Web-Based Environmental Data Visualization and Analysis Framework
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2015Author
Liang, Xing
Luo, Wei
Ragan, Eric D.
Middel, Ariane
Bliss, Nadya
White, Dave
Hagen, Hans
Maciejewski, Ross
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We present an environmental data visualization framework that features synchronous and asynchronous multi-user interaction with all the benefits of modern web-based applications, such as easy accessibility and cross-platform compatibility. In contrast to outdated web-based network protocols, the proposed framework uses HTML5 Web- Sockets to enable full-duplex communication between server and clients. To demonstrate the framework, we chose the ecological problem of water scarcity in Africa. In this case study, water scarcity is calculated and visualized using various models and parameters, which can easily be shared among users and devices. Hence, we show the potential and the utilization of web technologies for collaborative environmental data exploration on distributed desktop and mobile devices.
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@inproceedings {10.2312:envirvis.20151087,
booktitle = {Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis)},
editor = {A. Middel and K. Rink and G. H. Weber},
title = {{A Collaborative Web-Based Environmental Data Visualization and Analysis Framework}},
author = {Lukasczyk, Jonas and Liang, Xing and Luo, Wei and Ragan, Eric D. and Middel, Ariane and Bliss, Nadya and White, Dave and Hagen, Hans and Maciejewski, Ross},
year = {2015},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
DOI = {10.2312/envirvis.20151087}
}
booktitle = {Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences (EnvirVis)},
editor = {A. Middel and K. Rink and G. H. Weber},
title = {{A Collaborative Web-Based Environmental Data Visualization and Analysis Framework}},
author = {Lukasczyk, Jonas and Liang, Xing and Luo, Wei and Ragan, Eric D. and Middel, Ariane and Bliss, Nadya and White, Dave and Hagen, Hans and Maciejewski, Ross},
year = {2015},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
DOI = {10.2312/envirvis.20151087}
}