Graphic information systems

Institute for applied research in Visual Computing

Banner Fraunhofer IGD Graphic information systems

Our world is being increasingly recorded in three dimensions. When it comes to city planning, knowledge transfer, and toursim, 3D computer models are growing in significance. A travel guide, for example, is more appealing if it is based on three-dimensional data and multimedia content has been integrated into it. Navigation systems and virtual globes like Google Earth and MS Virtual Earth have already reached a mass audience. The challenge now consists of making 2D and 3D geodata useful for diverse areas of application and different terminal devices. In addition, geoinformation is also becoming increasingly important in space-time critical applications like emergency management and deployment planning.

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GeoViQua

GeoViQua is a recently started FP7 project focused on adding rigorous quality specifications to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) spatial data in order to improve reliability in scientific studies and policy decision making....

Modern cities are characterized not only by their surface constructions but also by underground structures like tunnels, quarries and pipes. Besides human-created constructions there are also diverse geological formations. This information is of...

Our world is increasingly described three-dimensionally. 3D computer models play an important role in city planning, tourism, and knowledge transfer. The CityServer3D allows for the first time to make a lively use of 3D city models. The software...

The 3-years eContentplus project "Assessment and strategic development of INSPIRE compliant Geodata-Services for European Soil Data (GS Soil)" started on June 1, 2009. The project leader is the German Environmental Information Portal (PortalU)...

3D Portrayal IE

The 3D Portrayal Interoperability Experiment (IE) will test and demonstrate different mechanisms for the portrayal, delivery, and exploitation of 3D geodata based on open standards-based formats and services. The IE intends to identify, test,...

Earth observation data have increased considerably over the last decades with satellite sensors collecting and transmitting back to Earth several terabytes of data per day. This data acquisition rate is a major challenge to existing...

In the context of European initiatives to improve policy as a more transparent and understandable process, the urbanAPI project aims to support activities such as issue identification, policy analysis, consultation, decision and evaluation in...

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