3D-document and Digital Earth

Abstract

The paper considers the question of bringing the existing set of laws, regulatory and legislative documents in line with the Digital Earth - new and promising universal and global environment for the information integration on all possible scales simultaneously. Existing of 4 possible geovisualization methods is stated, typology of geovisualization methods is proposed and discussed. A practical approach for determining the belonging of visualization to a particular type, based on the use of diagrams "angle-range", is proposed. Concept of 3D-documents within Digital Earth paradigm is unveiled and explained, brief history of the developing and adopting of this concept is described, the prospects of the future evolution of 3D-documents are considered briefly.