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Visualization of a Forest System

Visualization of a Forest System. Jennifer Hill 2007 Eco-Informatics Summer Institute Oregon State University. Into this:. The Goal. Turn this:. Why visualize data?. Easier to understand Reveals trends Communicate with the public …It’s a three dimensional world!. VS. The Data Set.

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Visualization of a Forest System

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  1. Visualization of a Forest System Jennifer Hill 2007 Eco-Informatics Summer Institute Oregon State University

  2. Into this: The Goal Turn this:

  3. Why visualize data? • Easier to understand • Reveals trends • Communicate with the public …It’s a three dimensional world! VS.

  4. The Data Set • LTER Reference Stands • Multiple years and locations • Detail-rich • Data processing • Calculate heights • Integrate GIS data • DEM concerns

  5. The Program • Built with Visual C++ and OpenGL • Over 850 lines of code! • Functions • Navigation • Year swapping • Stand swapping • Tree selection

  6. Image from the Forest Visualization Project: http://silvis.forest.wisc.edu/visualization/ecoFir_Spruce.asp Future Work • Improve the user interface • Process more data • Include texturing

  7. Acknowledgments • To Eugene Zhang and Don Henshaw for their help and mentorship, • to Howard Bruner and Theresa Valentine for their help in acquiring data, • to the organizers of the EISI program, • to the National Science Foundation for their generous funding, • and to the people at HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Thank you for this terrific summer experience!

  8. Demo • https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/jihill/shared/EISI

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