Google Earth as a tool in 2-D hydrodynamic modeling

Chien, Nguyen Quang; Tan, Soon Keat

doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2010.03.006

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“…Nonetheless, the capabilities of virtual globes described in section on "Virtual Globes as the New Generation Visualization Platforms" have made them increasingly used in a variety of scientific disciplines. At the time of writing (early 2016), examples include geology (Blenkinsop 2012;Martínez-Graña et al 2013;Zhu et al 2014), ecology (Guralnick et al 2007), history and cultural heritage (Brovelli et al 2013;Valentini et al 2014), cartographic heritage Gede et al 2013), natural disasters and disaster management (Webley 2011;Tomaszewski 2011), environmental analyses and modelling (Chien and Tan 2011;, weather forecast (Smith and Lakshmanan 2011), instruction and education (Lindner-Fally and Zwartjes 2012; Bodzin et al 2014), health (Stensgaard et al 2009), landscape planning (Schroth et al 2011) and urban studies (Nebiker et al 2010). User functions typically include data visualization, collection, exploration, integration, validation, communication and dissemination, modelling, and decision support (Yu and Gong 2012).…”

Section: Virtual Globes For the Exploration Of Crowdsourced Geo-datamentioning

confidence: 99%

New Generation Platforms for Exploration of Crowdsourced Geo-Data

Brovelli

Minghini

Zamboni

2018

Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation

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This chapter addresses two recent topics in the field of geo-information, the former more technological and the latter more scientific. On one side, there is an emerging trend of visualizing data and their changes in space and time through multidimensional geospatial clients and/or virtual globes. In the most advanced cases, these are not simply plain viewers but also allow analysis of the data by acting as "multidimensional intelligent geo-viewers". On the other side, citizen science is providing a great momentum to the possibility of lay people taking part in scientific development. It is a new, citizen-centred paradigm which, in most cases, takes advantage of the individual and collective augmented capability of sensing the surrounding world through the sensors that we wear. The "citizen sensors" will consciously contribute to this development, either through volunteered geographic information or by being themselves an unconscious part of the data analytics, which makes use of geo-crowdsourced data to extract information in order to create a higher level understanding of natural and manmade phenomena. This chapter seeks to outline the Web technological solutions for visualizing and analyzing such data, through a summary of the current state of the art and the original applications developed by the authors.

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Section: Virtual Globes For the Exploration Of Crowdsourced Geo-datamentioning

confidence: 99%

New Generation Platforms for Exploration of Crowdsourced Geo-Data

Brovelli

Minghini

Zamboni

2018

Earth Observation Open Science and Innovation

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“…Analogous procedure was presented by [11]. Another method for coupling VG with geophysical hydrodynamic models was presented by [1]. Firstly, users draw polygons on the Google Earth screen.…”

Section: Vg Technology and Geological Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In every geosciences model that simulates a natural system, interactive data manipulation and visualization, are the most essential tools [1]. The projection of these procedures and their analytical results, are usually presented by the form of digital or analogous thematic maps [2].…”

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Virtual Globes and Geological Modeling

Tsangaratos

2011

IJG

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Virtual Globes such as Google Earth TM , revolutionize the way scientists conduct their research and the way the general public use geospatial-related data and information. Improvement in the processing power and storage capacities of computers, along with the increased Internet accessibility and connectivity, has supported the usage of Virtual Globes technologies. Even more, software releases of freely downloadable Virtual Globes, such as Google Earth and NASA World Wind, has sparked an enormous public interest and increased people's awareness of spatial sciences. In this study, the Virtual Globes (VG) revolution is discussed and a client-server Graphical User Interface (GUI) application is presented. The developed application enables Google Earth TM Application Program Interface and activates spatial analysis, through enhanced JavaScripts and Visual Basic script codes. The main scope was to present the methodology followed during geological modeling along with the application capabilities when handling with data derived from digitized geological maps and field measurements.

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“…As one of the most popular digital earth platforms at present, it has characteristics of high resolution, integrated images, quick update, convenience, simpleness and free cost. Practice of the software found that it can play an important role in many previous studies, including application in construction [1]- [4], surveying and mapping [5]- [7], setting up the database [8] and visualization model [9]. In the study of rivers, Alice Goudie [10] used Google Earth to measure the stream distribution and geomorphological characteristics of salt marsh in England and Wales.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Application of Google Earth in Modern River Sedimentology Research

Zhou¹,

Wang²

2015

GEP

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Google Earth, a software based on satellite's images and database of navigation, gains features of high resolution, integrated images, quick update, convenience, simpleness and free cost. Practice of this software shows that it plays an important role in mapping, construction and river research. Based on the fundamental features of Google Earth, this passage makes an introduction to its application in studying modern river sedimentology through the case study of the Yellow River. The results show that Google Earth satellite's high-resolution images and image overlay functions make it easy for users to quickly navigate river, determine the type of river, track the river flows and measure the terrain slope; the software's "Ruler" and "Add Path" functions make it easy for users to measure channel width, curvature, amplitude, wavelength, size, morphology of point-bar and other river parameters; the software's "Historical Image" function has important significance in the study of modern river migration, sedimentary evolution and river geomorphological shape during different seasons.

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Google Earth as a tool in 2-D hydrodynamic modeling

Cited by 21 publications

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New Generation Platforms for Exploration of Crowdsourced Geo-Data

New Generation Platforms for Exploration of Crowdsourced Geo-Data

Virtual Globes and Geological Modeling

Application of Google Earth in Modern River Sedimentology Research

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