Interactive Web-Based Map: Applications to Large Data Sets in the Geosciences |
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Authors: | Zachary A Garbow Nicholas R Olson David A Yuen and John M Boggs |
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Institution: | (1) Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, Univ of Minnesota, 1200 Wahington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA |
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Abstract: | Current advances in computer hardware, information technology and data collection techniques have produced very large data
sets in a wide variety of scientific and engineering disciplines. We must harness this opportunity to visualize and extract
useful information from geophysical and geological data. We have taken the task of data mining by implementing a map-like
approach over a web server for interrogating the data, using a client-server paradigm. The spatial-data is mapped onto a two-dimensional
grid from which the user (client) can quiz the data with the map-interface as a user extension. The data is stored on the
server, while the computational gateway separating the client and the server can be the front-end of an electronic publication,
electronic classroom, a survey, or an e-business. We have used a combination of Java, Java3D, and Perl for processing the
data and communicating between the client and the server. The user can interrogate the geospatial data over any particular
region with arbitrary dimensions and then receive back relevant statistical analysis, such as the histogram plots and local
statistics. We have applied this method for the following data sets: (1.) distribution of prime numbers (2.) two-dimensional
mantle convection (3.) three-dimensional mantle convection (4.) high-resolution satellite reflectance data over multiple wavelengths
(5.) molecular dynamics describing the flow of blood in narrow vessels. Using the map-interface, one can actually interrogate
this data over the Internet. |
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Keywords: | data geosciences map web |
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