CEOS11/17/2004 1 GeoWall: Low-cost 3-Dimensional Display Technology for the Remote Sensing Sciences Brian Davis, USGS/EROS Data Center Paul Morin, University of Minnesota Luc Renambot, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, University of Illinois - Chicago International Workshop on Earth Observation Technology and Application Prospects for Cooperation in Earth Observation 18 th Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS) Plenary Meeting and Associated Events November 17, 2004 - Beijing, China Topic 1: Earth Observation Technology and Plans Session 2: Instrument and Measurement Technologies
Transcript
CEOS11/17/2004 1
GeoWall:Low-cost 3-Dimensional Display Technology
for the Remote Sensing Sciences
Brian Davis, USGS/EROS Data Center
Paul Morin, University of Minnesota
Luc Renambot, Andrew Johnson, Jason Leigh, University of Illinois - Chicago
International Workshopon Earth Observation Technology and Application
Prospects for Cooperation in Earth Observation
18th Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS) Plenary Meeting and Associated Events
November 17, 2004 - Beijing, China
Topic 1: Earth Observation Technology and PlansSession 2: Instrument and Measurement Technologies
CEOS11/17/2004 2
State of the Wall
• Past• Present• Future
CEOS11/17/2004 3
PAST
• CAVEs - Virtual Reality - Very Expensive
• Dual-output (Stereo) graphics cards for PC Motherboards
• CAVElib port to linux• GeoWall Consortium
CEOS11/17/2004 4
CEOS11/17/2004 5
Present
• Recently-developed, affordable 3D stereo visualization
• Research collaborations initiated• Over 300 by Dec. 2003, current est.
500+• 10% of all U.S. Geology undergraduates• Over 15 museums• 20 papers and presentations at 2003
• PG2 at USGS Exhibit Booth• Bibliography• Contacts• References• This PowerPoint Document at:
http://GeoWall.org/edc/Docs/GeoWallCEOS.ppt
CEOS11/17/2004 17
Bibliography
Research is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation (ANI-0225642, EAR-0219246, and EAR-0218918)
Steinwand, D., Davis, B., Weeks, N., 2003, “GeoWall: Investigations into Low-Cost Stereo Display Technologies”, USGS Open File Report 03-198
Leigh, J., Morin, P., Johnson, A., DeFanti, T., Brown, M., Sandin, D., Rack, F., Vernon, F., Orcutt, J., Davis, B., van Keken, P., Smarr, L., 2003, “GeoWall-2: a Scalable Display System for the GeoSciences”, Fall 2003 American Geophysical Union Conference, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003
Davis, B., 2004, “Virtual Reality Meets GIS: 3D on the Wall”, ArcNews, Summer 2004, Vol. 26 No.2
Davis, B., 2004, “Affordable Systems for Viewing Spatial Data in Stereo”, ArcUSer, July-September 2004
Davis, B., Morin, P., Ramstad, M., 2004, “Three-Dimensional Anaglyph of the Earth, ESRI Map Book Volume Nineteen, 2004
Leigh, J., Renambot, L., Johnson, A., Brown, M., Sandin, J., DeFanti, T., Ellisman, M., Orcutt, J., Smarr, L., Davis, B., Morin, P., Ito, E., Rack, F., 2004, “Challenges in Ultra-High-Resolution Visualization and Collaboration”, 2004, High Information Content Display Systems Symposium, Arlington, VA, September 13-14, 2004,
Krishnaprasad, N., Vishwanath, V., Venkataraman, S., Rao, A., Renambot, L., Leigh, J., Johnson, A., Davis, B., 2004, “JuxtaView – A Tool for Interactive Visualization of Large Imagery on Scalable Tiled Displays”, Cluster Computing 2004, San Diego, CA, Sep. 20-23, 2004
Technologies Research Project Lead• Momentum from development of GeoWall
Consortium• Geo – Geology (Geography… Geometry… Geo…)• Wall – One wall of a cave – descendent of CAVElib• 3-D Viz on the cheap
• GeoWall Consortium - formulation without funding
• Jason Leigh University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC), Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) – Cave Technology
• Peter van Keken, University of Michigan - Geology• Paul Morin, U of Minnesota – Geology Visualization,
Wall Evangelist• Brian Davis, EROS – Data Pimp
CEOS11/17/2004 21
Number of GeoWalls – 12/03
0
50
100
150
200
250
Nu
mber
of
Wall
s
TotalOtherGeo-related
2-10 new systems a week(*Cost of a modest system)
$15,000*
$6,000*
CEOS11/17/2004 22
Cost of a Modest System
$0
$2,000
$4,000
$6,000
$8,000
$10,000
$12,000
$14,000
$16,000
June '01 June '02 June '03 Dec. '03
CEOS11/17/2004 23
GeoWall IndexApproximate number of GeoWalls: 250
Number outside the US: ~30
Percentage in the classroom: ~75%
Percentage of non-major earth science students that see a GeoWall in the US: 15-25%
Average cost of one “CAVE”: $1.5 million
Cost of the GeoWalls currently in educational service: $1.5 million
Most popular material: USGS’s Stereo LANDSAT Imagery
Data transferred from GeoWall.org: 279 Gigabytes
Busiest day on GeoWall.org: 300,000 hits in 8 hours on September 1, 2002 (Slashdot.org article)
Publications beginning to appear
(With respect to Harper’s Index, as of 12/03)
CEOS11/17/2004 24
Road Shows• National Park Service Regional HQ, Omaha• SDSM&T• Sinte Gleska University• Missouri River Institute, USD• Grand Canyon National Park• Russell Senate Office Building• 03 SD Technology Summit• Space Days, Washington Pavilion• MIB (Main Interior Building), Washington, D.C.• USGS Headquarters (x2)• ESRI User Conference, San Diego, CA• GIS Day, EPA HQ• 04 DSU CECIS Symposium• EDC Auditorium
CEOS11/17/2004 25
Notable Audiences• Under-Secretaries of
DOI• SD Sen. Tom Daschle• NASA deputy director• SD Governor Mike
Rounds• CBS News• Federal Agency and
Academic Collaborators
• Various USGS HQ staff• BOR• Jamie Rounds, SD 2010
Initiative• FEMA Regional
Director• Students• Teachers• USGS Directors
• Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center
• National Wetlands Inventory Coordinator
• National Volcano Hazards Program Coordinator
• Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
• Canadian Center for Remote Sensing
• Naval Oceanographic Office
• Chinese Bureau of Mapping
• NIMA• State-wide Lewis&Clark
Meeting• SD Geography Bee
CEOS11/17/2004 26
Development Direction Thus FarHardware development• Now stable and spun off to 4 companies
Software development• “Seed” applications freely distributed• Encourage the support of GeoWall software by key
