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Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems

Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems. Brian Davis USGS Center for Earth Resources and Observation Science 2006 Geoinformatics Conference May 12, 2006 – USGS National Center, Reston, VA Cyberinfrastructure and Visualization. Overview. (Ancient) History GeoWall GeoWall 2 PG2

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Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems

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  1. Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems Brian Davis USGS Center for Earth Resources and Observation Science 2006 Geoinformatics Conference May 12, 2006 – USGS National Center, Reston, VA Cyberinfrastructure and Visualization

  2. Overview • (Ancient) History • GeoWall • GeoWall2 • PG2 • Software • Science • Future

  3. History (Ancient) 1990 High-Performance Computing & Communications 1995 MAGIC – DARPA sponsored Gigabit Networking Testbed using interactive visualization application 2000 USGS Prospectus-funded Beowulf Cluster Research Project was the Catalyst 2001 Initial GeoWall Meeting 2002 GeoWall Consortium formulation; serial #3 at UGSS/EROS 2003 Invited to participate in NSF OptIPuter grant 2004 Commercial software catching up with GeoWall technology 2005 More focus on OptIPuter, less on GeoWall Consortium 2006 Deployment to Geoscientists

  4. History (Recent) • We are descendents of CAVEs (Virtual Reality) - Very expensive • Dual-output (Stereo) graphics cards for PC Motherboards - Inexpensive • CAVElib port to linux • GeoWall Consortium Formulation • Hardware < $10K • Windows and OS X apps • Commercial GIS Software

  5. Number of GeoWalls – 12/03 $15,000* $6,000* 2-10 new systems a week (*Cost of a modest system)

  6. GeoWall

  7. GeoWall

  8. GeoWall Desktop Stereo Display Devices • Planar

  9. Low-End GeoWall Stereo Printed Maps • Topography without contours • No crashing • Inexpensive • Will work next year • Can be used in the field

  10. Analog GeoWall

  11. Status • Affordable 3D stereo visualization • Research collaborations initiated • Over 500 by Dec. 2005, current est. = ? • 10% of all U.S. Geology undergraduates • Over 15 museums • 20 papers and presentations at 2003 AGU • One half-day Session at 2004 AGU • Integrating into Geology curriculums in 2005 (MN, NAU) • 2006: Deployment outside academia

  12. GeoWall2 • GeoWall2 (PerspecTile) • Cluster-based tiled display -- large screen real estate • OptIPuter • 64-bit visualization software • Designed for high-bandwidth interactive visualization

  13. GeoWall2 - USGS Prospectus-funded Beowulf Clustering Research Project

  14. GeoWall2

  15. GeoWall2

  16. GeoWall2 1991 SGI benchmarking, Parallel Programming at Argonne, SC ‘91 1992 TMC C* Class, Surface Hydrology Modeling: CUG and SC ‘92 1993 MSC/AHPCRC CM-5 training 1994 Prototype Landsat-7 Terrain Correction 1995 MAGIC, Landcover classification 1990 High-Performance Computing & Communications 2000 USGS Prospectus-funded Beowulf Cluster Project – Catalyst

  17. GeoWall2 1990 High-Performance Computing & Communications 1991 SGI benchmarking, Parallel Programming at Argonne, SC ‘91 1992 TMC C* Class, Drainage on a Cray: CUG and SC ‘92 1993 MSC/AHPCRC CM-5 training 1994 Prototype Landsat-7 Terrain Correction 1995 MAGIC, landcover classifiation 2000 USGS Beowulf Clustering Prospectus 2001 GeoWall Consortium 2003 GeoWall2: cluster-based tiled display 2004 OptIPuter, xindi

  18. OptIPuter

  19. OptIPuter • NSF-funded High-Speed Networking Research grant • PI: Larry Smarr, UCSD • Co-PI: Jason Leigh, U of IL – Chicago (Visualization) • Interactive, collaborative visualizations over the National LambdaRail

  20. GeoWall2

  21. “Varrier”

  22. PG2:Personal GeoWall-2

  23. PG2

  24. Software • Commercial software vendors are catching up with GeoWall Hardware deployment • We are just at the beginning of that curve again with GeoWall2 software

  25. Science • Tools for Geo-Scientists must be usable within their existing domains • Technology must continue be • Commodity parts • Low cost • Hardened • Compatible with commercial software

  26. Future • Networks are becoming faster • Data sets are becoming larger and more complex • Visualization will have to be remote, interactive, collaborative, ….

  27. 2003 Rampage Fire: LANDFIRE Fuel Models, FARSITE Simulated Fire Spread and DNBR Fire Perimeter Timber (Litter and understory) Closed timber litter (Lodgepole pine and aspen stands) N Short brush dominated Short grasses Alpine / barren Ag / urban Water Roads Lessons Learned DNBR (Difference Normalized Burn Ratio) FARSITE prediction Lake McDonald US Highway 2 USGS: usgs.gov EROS: edc.usgs.gov LANDFIRE: www.landfire.gov Fire Sciences Lab: www.firelab.org GeoWall GeoWall.org Hungry Horse Reservoir

  28. ArcGIS 9.0 ArcScene • 2003 Rampage Fire simulation/prediction

  29. Contacts bdavis@usgs.gov http://GeoWall.org http://optiputer.net

  30. Bibliography Research is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation (ANI-0225642, EAR-0219246, and EAR-0218918) Steinwand, D., Davis, B., Weeks, N., 2003, “GeoWall: Investigations into Low-Cost Stereo Display Technologies”, USGS Open File Report 03-198 Leigh, J., Morin, P., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Sandin, D., Rack, F., Vernon, F., Orcutt, J., Davis, B., van Keken, P., Smarr, L., 2003, “GeoWall-2: a Scalable Display System for the GeoSciences”, Fall 2003 American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003 Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Brown, M., Sandin, J., DeFanti, T., Ellisman, M., Orcutt, J., Smarr, L., Davis, B., Morin, P., Ito, E., Rack, F., 2004, “Challenges in Ultra-High-Resolution Visualization and Collaboration”, 2004, High Information Content Display Systems Symposium, Arlington, VA, September 13-14, 2004, Krishnaprasad, N., Vishwanath, V., Venkataraman, S., Rao, A., Renambot, L., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Davis, B., 2004, “JuxtaView – A Tool for Interactive Visualization of Large Imagery on Scalable Tiled Displays”, Cluster Computing 2004, San Diego, CA, Sep. 20-23, 2004

  31. Background • USGS Prospectus-funded Research Project had tiny visualization component • Momentum from development of GeoWall Consortium • Geo – Geology (Geography… Geometry… Geo…) • Wall – One wall of a cave – descendent of CAVElib • 3-D Viz on the cheap • GeoWall Consortium - formulation without funding • Jason Leigh University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC), Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) – Cave Technology • Peter van Keken, University of Michigan - Geology • Paul Morin, U of Minnesota – Geology Visualization, Wall Evangelist • Brian Davis, EROS – Data Pimp

  32. Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems Brian Davis USGS Center for Earth Resources and Observation Science 2006 Geoinformatics Conference May 12, 2006 – USGS National Center, Reston, VA Cyberinfrastructure and Visualization

  33. State of the Wall • Past • Present • Future

  34. Deployment • Commercial GIS Software • ESRI ArcGIS • MDL Chime • DGI EarthVision • MMK Roma • IVS Fledermaus • VRCO VGEO • AGI Satellite Tool Kit • Additional Display Options • Immersadesk4 • Planar

  35. Future • Commercial GIS Software ESRI ArcGIS, MDL Chime, DGI EarthVision, MMK Roma, IVS Fledermaus, VRCO VGEO, AGI Satellite Tool Kit • GeoWall2 • PG2 – Personal GeoWall2 • Stereo • Science Museum of Minnesota – St. Paul

  36. Future • Commercial GIS Software ESRI ArcGIS, MDL Chime, DGI EarthVision, MMK Roma, IVS Fledermaus, VRCO VGEO, AGI Satellite Tool Kit • GeoWall2 • PG2 – Personal GeoWall2 • Stereo • Science Museum of Minnesota – St. Paul • Printed Maps

  37. Future • Commercial GIS Software ESRI ArcGIS, MDL Chime, DGI EarthVision, MMK Roma, IVS Fledermaus, VRCO VGEO, AGI Satellite Tool Kit • GeoWall2 • PG2 – Personal GeoWall2 • Stereo • Science Museum of Minnesota – St. Paul • Printed maps • Passive Stereo LCDs – Interlaced pixels for an audience of one – no glasses • Stereo Photographs

  38. Demonstration: Wall Evolution • Earthquake Epicenters • Landsat Stereo Pairs • ESRI ArcScene 4-D Animation • Stereo Photography • High-resolution aerial photography and LIDAR elevations

  39. Bibliography Research is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation (ANI-0225642, EAR-0219246, and EAR-0218918) Steinwand, D., Davis, B., Weeks, N., 2003, “GeoWall: Investigations into Low-Cost Stereo Display Technologies”, USGS Open File Report 03-198 Leigh, J., Morin, P., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Sandin, D., Rack, F., Vernon, F., Orcutt, J., Davis, B., van Keken, P., Smarr, L., 2003, “GeoWall-2: a Scalable Display System for the GeoSciences”, Fall 2003 American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003 Davis, B., 2004, “Virtual Reality Meets GIS: 3D on the Wall”, ArcNews, Summer 2004, Vol. 26 No.2 Davis, B., 2004, “Affordable Systems for Viewing Spatial Data in Stereo”, ArcUSer, July-September 2004 Davis, B., Morin, P., Ramstad, M., 2004, “Three-Dimensional Anaglyph of the Earth, ESRI Map Book Volume Nineteen, 2004 Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Brown, M., Sandin, J., DeFanti, T., Ellisman, M., Orcutt, J., Smarr, L., Davis, B., Morin, P., Ito, E., Rack, F., 2004, “Challenges in Ultra-High-Resolution Visualization and Collaboration”, 2004, High Information Content Display Systems Symposium, Arlington, VA, September 13-14, 2004, Krishnaprasad, N., Vishwanath, V., Venkataraman, S., Rao, A., Renambot, L., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Davis, B., 2004, “JuxtaView – A Tool for Interactive Visualization of Large Imagery on Scalable Tiled Displays”, Cluster Computing 2004, San Diego, CA, Sep. 20-23, 2004

  40. Contacts http://GeoWall.org http://optiputer.net bdavis@usgs.gov

  41. References http://edc.usgs.gov http://GeoWall.org http://www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/optiputer/

  42. GeoWall Index (With respect to Harper’s Index, as of 12/03) Approximate number of GeoWalls:250 Number outside the US:~30 Percentage in the classroom:~75% Percentage of non-major earth science students that see a GeoWall in the US:15-25% Average cost of one “CAVE”:$1.5 million Cost of the GeoWalls currently in educational service:$1.5 million Most popular material:USGS’s Stereo LANDSAT Imagery Data transferred from GeoWall.org:279 Gigabytes Busiest day on GeoWall.org:300,000 hits in 8 hours on September 1, 2002 (Slashdot.org article) Publications beginning to appear

  43. Road Shows • National Park Service Regional HQ, Omaha • SDSM&T • Sinte Gleska University • Missouri River Institute, USD • Grand Canyon National Park • Russell Senate Office Building • 03 SD Technology Summit • Space Days, Washington Pavilion • MIB (Main Interior Building), Washington, D.C. • USGS Headquarters (x2) • ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA • GIS Day, EPA HQ • 04 DSU CECIS Symposium • EDC Auditorium

  44. Notable Audiences • Under-Secretaries of DOI • SD Sen. Tom Daschle • NASA deputy director • SD Governor Mike Rounds • CBS News • Federal Agency and Academic Collaborators • Various USGS HQ staff • BOR • Jamie Rounds, SD 2010 Initiative • FEMA Regional Director • Students • Teachers • USGS Directors • Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center • National Wetlands Inventory Coordinator • National Volcano Hazards Program Coordinator • Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance • Canadian Center for Remote Sensing • Naval Oceanographic Office • Chinese Bureau of Mapping • NIMA • State-wide Lewis&Clark Meeting • SD Geography Bee

  45. Development Direction Thus Far Hardware development • Now stable and spun off to 4 companies Software development • “Seed” applications freely distributed • Encourage the support of GeoWall software by key vendors: ESRI ArcGIS, MDL Chime, DGI EarthVision, MMK Roma, IVS Fledermaus, VRCO VGEO, AGI Satellite Tool Kit Establishment of GeoWall community • 4th Annual GeoWall Meeting Spring – May 2004 • Special interest groups being established • Museum community underway

  46. GeoWall Museum Network Alaska: The Imaginarium, Anchorage. Illinois: SciTech Hands on Museum, Aurora;Discovery Center, Rockford; Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda; Lakeview Museum, Peoria. Indiana: Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville; Science Central, Fort Wayne; Children’s Science and Technology Museum, Terre Haute. Iowa: Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, Waterloo. Texas: Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo Other Museums: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry Adler Planetarium, Chicago Science Museum of Minnesota Lowell Observatory Texas Memorial Museum - UT Austin

  47. Final Points • GeoWall is now going beyond earth sciences • Price can’t get much lower • Basic technology is ready • Vendors are supporting the community • Critical mass is being reached in the academic geosciences • Assessment is just beginning • Timing for feedback is excellent • Opportunities for collaborative research

  48. Descendants of CAVEs

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