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A Web3D forest geo-visualization and user interface evaluation

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Nicholas Polys,

Peter SforzaAuthors Info & Claims

Web3D '17: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on 3D Web Technology

Article No.: 9, Pages 1 - 9

https://doi.org/10.1145/3055624.3075956

Published: 05 June 2017 Publication History

Abstract

In this study, we developed a workflow for the construction of WebGL rendering and interactive visualization of forest landscapes from GIS and forest simulation datasets. We constructed a realistic virtual forest environment for our study site in Virginia. This Web3D virtual environment, built with X3DOM and HTML5, is capable of fast real-time rendering and walk-through simulation based on two Level of Details (LOD) switching techniques, and interactive over mainstream web browsers without a plugin. We explored the performance of a navigation aid and two types of LOD cut-off functions in the forest geo-visualization. We used a hunting game search task to test the effect of our user interface features. According to the paired t-test results, the navigation aid significantly increasing participants' performance, while the exponential cut-off and linear cut-off functions showed no significant difference from participants' perspective.

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Cibula RSačkov I(2020)An integrated framework for Web-based visualisation of forest resources estimated from remote sensing dataCentral European Forestry Journal10.2478/forj-2020-000466:3(170-176)Online publication date: 24-Aug-2020
https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2020-0004
McCrickard DHorning MHarrison SHarmon EDix ASu NStelter TForte APrilla MVivacqua AMüller CRobert L(2018)Technology on the TrailProceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work10.1145/3148330.3152161(365-368)Online publication date: 7-Jan-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3148330.3152161

Index Terms

A Web3D forest geo-visualization and user interface evaluation
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
      2. Web-based interaction
  2. Visualization
    1. Visualization application domains
      1. Geographic visualization

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Web3D '17: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on 3D Web Technology

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DOI:10.1145/3055624

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Cibula RSačkov I(2020)An integrated framework for Web-based visualisation of forest resources estimated from remote sensing dataCentral European Forestry Journal10.2478/forj-2020-000466:3(170-176)Online publication date: 24-Aug-2020
https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2020-0004
McCrickard DHorning MHarrison SHarmon EDix ASu NStelter TForte APrilla MVivacqua AMüller CRobert L(2018)Technology on the TrailProceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work10.1145/3148330.3152161(365-368)Online publication date: 7-Jan-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3148330.3152161

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