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

0711077 DePaorThis grant supports a collaborative software development project between Worcester Polytecnic Institute and James麦迪逊大学. 研究人员和本科生助理将开发技术，用于使用Google Earth、Keyhole Markup Language（KML）、SketchUp建模软件和NASA WorldWind的开放源代码构建4-D“虚拟地球仪”可视化包。 该软件将用于创建和呈现随时间推移的构造和地球物理综合图，以地质约束良好的绘图区域为原型。PI将涉及具有地球科学和计算学术背景的本科生，他们将接受数字野外测绘和可视化方法开发方面的培训。 PI打算使用户可以自由访问该软件，以便他们可以创建虚拟地球仪地图，而无需高级编程要求。 ***

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. ***