Collaborative Research: Geological and Geophysical Data Analysis Using a Virtual Globe

0711077DePaor这笔赠款支持伍斯特理工学院和詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学之间的一个合作软件开发项目。研究人员和本科生助教将开发使用Google Earth、Keyhole Markup Language(KML)、SketchUp建模软件和NASA WorldWind的开放源代码构建4-D“虚拟地球”可视化包的技术。该软件将被用来创建和呈现随着时间的推移的构造和地球物理合成，以地质良好约束的绘图区为原型。PIS将涉及具有地球科学和计算学术背景的本科生，他们将接受数字实地测绘和开发可视化方法方面的培训。PI打算让用户可以免费访问该软件，这样他们就可以在没有高级编程要求的情况下创建虚拟全球地图。***

0711077DePaorThis grant supports a collaborative software development project between Worcester Polytecnic Institute and James Madison University. The investigators and undergraduate student assistants will develop techniques for building a 4-D "virtual globe" visualization package using Google Earth, Keyhole Markup Language (KML), SketchUp modeling software, and NASA WorldWind's open source code. The software would be used to create and present tectonic and geophysical syntheses through time, using geologically well-constrained mapping areas as prototype. The PIs will involve undergraduate students with both geoscience and computing academic backgrounds who will be trained in digital field mapping and in the development of the visualization approach. The PIs intend to make the software freely accessible for users so they can create virtual globe maps without advanced programming requirements. ***