TY - GEN
T1 - WebGL-based Geodata Visualization for Policy Support and Decision Making
AU - Lukasczyk, Jonas
AU - Middel, Ariane
AU - Hagen, Hans
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant 1031690, Urban Form and Energy Use Explored through Dynamic Networked Infrastructure Model; Grant SES-0951366, Decision Center for a Desert City (DCDC) II: Urban Climate Adaptation) and the German Science Foundation DFG (IRTG 1131 at University of Kaiser-slautern, Germany). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring agencies. Publisher Copyright: © The Eurographics Association 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Accessible data visualizations are crucial to reaching a wide audience and supporting the decision making processes. With increasing support of WebGL and the new HTML5 standard, the Internet becomes an interesting platform for visualization and data analysis. In contrast to standalone applications, WebGL-based visualizations are easily accessible, cross-platform compatible, and do not require additional software installation. In this work, we propose a WebGL-based visualization that combines various web technologies to interactively explore, analyze, and communicate environmental geodata. As an application case study, we chose an energy consumption dataset for Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Our study highlights the power of web visualizations and how they can support decision making in collaborative environments.
AB - Accessible data visualizations are crucial to reaching a wide audience and supporting the decision making processes. With increasing support of WebGL and the new HTML5 standard, the Internet becomes an interesting platform for visualization and data analysis. In contrast to standalone applications, WebGL-based visualizations are easily accessible, cross-platform compatible, and do not require additional software installation. In this work, we propose a WebGL-based visualization that combines various web technologies to interactively explore, analyze, and communicate environmental geodata. As an application case study, we chose an energy consumption dataset for Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Our study highlights the power of web visualizations and how they can support decision making in collaborative environments.
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U2 - 10.2312/envirvis.20141104
DO - 10.2312/envirvis.20141104
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - 2nd Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences, EnvirVis 2014 at EuroVis 2014
SP - 13
EP - 17
BT - 2nd Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences, EnvirVis 2014 at EuroVis 2014
A2 - Kolditz, Olaf
A2 - Rink, Karsten
A2 - Scheuermann, Gerik
PB - The Eurographics Association
T2 - 2nd Workshop on Visualisation in Environmental Sciences, EnvirVis 2014
Y2 - 9 June 2014 through 10 June 2014
ER -