TY - GEN
T1 - Acquisition, representation, query and analysis of spatial data
T2 - 2003 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, JCDL 2003
AU - Rowe, J.
AU - Razdan, A.
AU - Simon, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 IEEE.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The increasing power of techniques to model complex geometry and extract meaning from 3D information create complex data that must be described, stored, and displayed to be useful to researchers. Responding to the limitations of two-dimensional (2D) data representations perceived by discipline scientists, the Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling (PRISM) project at Arizona State University (ASU) developed modeling and analytic tools that raise the level of abstraction and add semantic value to 3D data. The goals are to improve scientific communication, and to assist in generating new knowledge, particularly for natural objects whose asymmetry limit study using 2D representations. The tools simplify analysis of surface and volume using curvature and topology to help researchers understand and interact with 3D data. The tools produced automatically extract information about features and regions of interest to researchers, calculate quantifiable, replicable metric data, and generate metadata about the object being studied. To help researchers interact with the information, the project developed prototype interactive, sketch-based interfaces that permit researchers to remotely search, identify and interact with the detailed, highly accurate 3D models of the objects. The results support comparative analysis of contextual and spatial information, and extend research about asymmetric man-made and natural objects.
AB - The increasing power of techniques to model complex geometry and extract meaning from 3D information create complex data that must be described, stored, and displayed to be useful to researchers. Responding to the limitations of two-dimensional (2D) data representations perceived by discipline scientists, the Partnership for Research in Spatial Modeling (PRISM) project at Arizona State University (ASU) developed modeling and analytic tools that raise the level of abstraction and add semantic value to 3D data. The goals are to improve scientific communication, and to assist in generating new knowledge, particularly for natural objects whose asymmetry limit study using 2D representations. The tools simplify analysis of surface and volume using curvature and topology to help researchers understand and interact with 3D data. The tools produced automatically extract information about features and regions of interest to researchers, calculate quantifiable, replicable metric data, and generate metadata about the object being studied. To help researchers interact with the information, the project developed prototype interactive, sketch-based interfaces that permit researchers to remotely search, identify and interact with the detailed, highly accurate 3D models of the objects. The results support comparative analysis of contextual and spatial information, and extend research about asymmetric man-made and natural objects.
KW - Data analysis
KW - Data mining
KW - Feature extraction
KW - Information analysis
KW - Information geometry
KW - Prototypes
KW - Software libraries
KW - Solid modeling
KW - Topology
KW - Two dimensional displays
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U2 - 10.1109/JCDL.2003.1204855
DO - 10.1109/JCDL.2003.1204855
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84919326611
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
SP - 147
EP - 158
BT - Proceedings - 2003 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, JCDL 2003
A2 - Delcambre, Lois
A2 - Henry, Geneva
A2 - Marshall, Catherine C.
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 27 May 2003 through 31 May 2003
ER -