Of red planets and indigo computers: Mars database visualization as an example of platform downsizing
| Autor: | Michael J. Montegut, Mary K. Kaiser |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
Geological Phenomena
Databases Factual Extraterrestrial Environment Computer science Mars Experimental and Cognitive Psychology computer.software_genre Rendering (computer graphics) Computer graphics User-Computer Interface Information visualization Interactivity Software Computer Graphics Humans General Psychology Software visualization Database Computers business.industry Scientific visualization Geology Signal Processing Computer-Assisted Image Enhancement Visualization Visual Perception Ergonomics Psychology (miscellaneous) business computer |
| Zdroj: | Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 29:48-53 |
| ISSN: | 1532-5970 0743-3808 |
| Popis: | The last decade has witnessed tremendous advancements in the computer hardware and software used to perform scientific visualization. In this paper, we consider how the visualization of a particular data set, the digital terrain model derived from the Viking orbiter imagery, has been realized in four distinct projects over this period. These examples serve to demonstrate how the vast improvements in computational performance both decrease the cost of such visualization efforts and permit an increasing level of interactivity. We then consider how even today's graphical systems require the visualization designer to make intelligent choices and tradeoffs in database rendering. Finally, we discuss how insights gleaned from an understanding of human visual perception can guide these design decisions, and suggest new options for visualization hardware and software. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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