The Geo-Seas-3D Viewer is an geographical 3D Viewer, providing
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1. 2000 m Altitude 9 km Lat 48 5273 Lon 4 9539 Elev 92 36 meters 20 2 3 4 Contrast Panel The contrast panel is activated when selecting the texture layer clik twice the box if the panel does not appear The user can then dynamically modify the contrast of a given texture using the following filters Contrast There are four options The contrast is computed on the tiles cf Nasa World Wind tiling process containing the pixels of the active layer as indicated in the main panel min max return to original dynamic texture 0 5 Filtering on a 0 5 quantile of the texture This approximately equates to filtering out extreme values in the range of 0 5 of Min Max in cumulated histogram 1 Filtering on a 1 quantile of the texture This approximately equates to filtering extreme values in the range of about 1 of Min Max in cumulated histogram custom applies the values of min and max sliders above between values in cursors Colormap list of colors tables available jet catherine gray Invert Reverse color map selected Sun Interactive dynamic illumination shading Illuminatio n The user can use the mouse to adjust the azimuth of sun illumination shading The slider in logarithmic scale works on the elevation parameter of the texture Gradient Displays the gradient of the texture in a gray colormap Available only if the shade is selected 2 3 5 Apply all layers The u2. S Geoseas Shareware se File View Options Help See Water calumn Shape Lovers Tools Terrain Hawalion en Defaults DR lue Marne TAMS bell i cubegd Landeat E Cusbom Soi AMERICA Poin Ac Ocean Altitude 13 840 kem Geo Seas SDviewer mainly works by draping images over a 3D globe Most of these images are downloaded from WMS servers onto your computer An example being the default map blue marble Thus if the 3D globe appears blank it may be due to a connection issue AFRICA BUINN tiga Off Globe Check your connection settings as follows Options gt Preferences 23 GeoSeas Shareware File View Help Preferences Kaka Delete cache files Gei Lise system proxy settings C Manual proxy configuration Then enter the valid information or ask your network manager for the relevant parameters and validate your settings Finaly check that you are not working off line File Work offline GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help Ej Open w Work offline This usually solves the problem 4 2 Data layer is invisible and a hole appears instead After loading a DTM layer the data should be visible In some cases a hole may appear This is an identified bug which is currently being addressed In some cases some computers may experience problems in processing cached data This can be temporarily resolved by navigating to the folder produced by
3. gt Add custom layer Wf GeoSeas Shareware View Options Help ki Open Work offline Save session Restore session ki D BB Export data B Import data o DM Save Screenshot Add custom layer WMS Exit Then type in the server address and name within the following dialog box ual Add a custom layer it Server parameters Server address http dems jpl niasa gov Awins Layer name NASA Server address is the HTTP address of the WHS server Eq 1 http wwv ifremer fr serviceszs wmsi 2 http geoservices brgm fr geologie Layer name is the label appearing in the layer panel to identify the server For example IFR or BRGH Layer you can choose in these cases 1 Tor IFREHER Facies sedimentaire surfacique de 2 for BRGM Carte lithologique simplifiee au 1 1000000 du BRGN All the layers available on this server will be loaded and filled in the Custom layers category M none et st Up ie uU H CI 9 usas tm ortho Custom F4 geolittoral For instance here are some data from French Geolittoral WMS server displayed within the Software SonarScope 3D Viewer the result is the same in Geo Seas 3DViewer d Sanarsca pe IDVewer Fie View Oplorm Help s F3 Befaults el Que merbla wi 2004 a lues im ortho a 3 Custom z s F3 geoittorsl E16 cccuration pu sat c E16 dept 56 IPLI d tate
4. 7 Qi Plan d assemblage de l O E16 dept 1 PLE d tail 169 pann cs posco E19 dert 4 PLE g n rale C Q dert en IPLE d tall E10 dept 27 IPLI d taill v Q axes de vel 1 Qi dent za PLE g n ralis ET Zones de prise de vues 1 1 9 dert 05 PLE g n ralis E16 Pays Europ ens O Limites de sakre des eai E19 dept 40 IPLE d taill 1 b dept zz IPLE g n ralis E19 dert 65 PLE d tait 1 QV En niveau de gris eston IO dept 13 IPLE g n ralis E Limites des mar es E1 p dert 44 LE d tait E16 dept 44 IPLE g n rales w TT E NB If an error message occurs warning about WMS connection then you need to check that you have used the correct input options in Menu Options Preferences There are many cartographic data servers Ifremer and BRGM servers are given used as examples for test 10 2 2 Tools tab The Tools tab gathers parameters settings for the following effects LL f GeoSeas Shareware 2 File View Options Help Seismic Water column Shape H Layers Tools Terrain Navigation WS Atmosphere Er amp Other a Place Names v Q world Map v Scale bar v Terrain profile graph Iv Compass i Q8 Lat Lon Graticule Vertical exaggeration 1x 1x 5x 10x 15x 20x Measure Export profile Length na Direct lengh
5. a new macro layer i e a group of files whose name is to be typed in By checking the Apply this choice for all layers checkbox the software won t prompt the user to choose a macro layer for next files in case of a multiple file loading New macro layer Apply this choice for all layers 17 Layer Lat20 elevation Existing macro layer Default Q New macro layer Equateur Apply this choice for all layers Finally Geo Seas 3DViewer displays a tree view of the DTM data file within the Terrain panel and automatically zooms to the DTM We Geoseas Shareware diis CR E File View Options Help Seismic water column Shape aere Tools Terrain Navigation Contrast Panel Contrast Panel Contrast Colarmap invert SunShading Grackent All Sathymetry Layers histogram 2 Aktua 4 543km Lo 672387 8 0 lon SS Elwy 119 75 metere 18 2 3 2 Terrains menus Terrains are directly visible in the browser layers The user can rapidly access a layer that has been loaded by right clicking on it d GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help Terrain He can remove one or more layers from the browser but not a macrolayer by right clicking on the selected layer and selecting delete as below
6. reported If this does occur then you may not be able to simply close out of the application You will need to exit the application as follows Use the task manager to kill the java exe process associated with the GeoSeas 3D viewer The viewer can now be re launched Please report the case to the helpdesk 4 6 Helpdesk In case of anomalies please send an email to the GeoSeas contact on http www geo seas eu
7. the functionalities available in Geo Seas 3DViewer It is adapted from the help section in the software which has been designed to mimic the graphical behaviour of the software window 2 FUNCTIONS 2 1 Layers tab Geo Seas 3DViewer displays data as layers draped over a 3D globe and provides a user friendly way to manage these The layers tab enables user to handle these layers through a tree view Layers are split into 2 categories as shown on the following image e Defaults e Custom f GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help Layers Tools Terrain Navigation ie x x E3 M F3 Defaults V Blue Marble WMS 2004 F1 OH i cubed Landsat amp Custom 2 1 1 Default Layers Default layers correspond to default Earth images draped over Geo Seas 3DViewer global DTM when opening the software Users can choose between two type of images e Blue Marble WMS 2004 an improvement of the 2002 Blue Marble further details can be found on the following Nasa s website http earthobservatory nasa gov Features BlueMarble BlueMarble_history php e iCubed Landsat Landsat imagery which benefits from i3 algorithms can give better resolution than Blue Marble http worldwindcentral com wiki Landsat 2 1 2 Custom Layers WMS servers Geo Seas 3DViewer can retrieve data stored on a WMS World Map Server cartographic data server To access one of those servers proceed as follows file gt
8. your failing layer in the cache NWW folder e Windows 7 C ProgramData WorldWindinstalled tmp ProgramData is an hidden folder e Windows XP C Documents and settings All Users Application Data WorldWind Earth WorldWindInstalled The folders involved should be completely erased following which the Geo Seas 3DViewer loading process should be repeated 4 5 24 4 3 Holes and walls Peaks and holes may sometimes appear especially when the DTM is full of non values It should be noted that it is an inherent feature of the viewer that where data are lacking in the DTM these are compensated for by the underlying NASA datasets Thus in some cases peaks and holes can become apparent where there are differences between the data from NASA and the user DTM This issue is currently under review and it is anticipated that a solutions will appear in the next software release Fai gt SEAL 4 4 Custom layers do not respond When the custom layer tries to connect to a WMS server this process initiates by pulling meta information for the layer to be visualised visualise Sometimes an error message may appear in one of the following situations e Geo Seas 3DViewer is disconnected please verify File gt Work offline is not checked e user entered wrong WMS address e WMS server is not available check by attempting to ping it 25 Application crash Very few random crashes of the 3D viewer application have been
9. 2 3 3 Differences between DTM and texture files The following routine is given in order to underline and illustrate the differences between DIM data and texture files We will see this though manipulating the attributes of each layer Firstly please note that e elevation icon layer TH files contain DTM data so you can adjust Vertical Exaggeration in Tab Tools e _ texture icon layer files contain image data which is draped over DIM data so Contrast Pane effects can be adjusted t GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help Kee FE ITI ETE pem Layers Sen Terrain Monaten ke Em S t F3 Banc du Four i F5 BancOuFour_elevatian Contrast Penal Contrast Panel Bathymetry m 107 265 38 763 Contrast Min Max 0 5 Calerrman EurSheding uec Gradient All Bathrymetry Layers Histogram Altitude km OF Globe GeoSeas Shareware E File View Options Help Seismic W Shape Layers Tools Terrain Navigation S V E Banc du Four V TL BancDuFour elevation 4a BancDuFou Contrast Panel Contrast Panel Bathymetry m 107 265 7 36 767 V Contrast Min Max 0 5 196 Custom Colormap jet Invert SunShading 4 T Gradient Sch 0 1 2 All Bathymetry Layers
10. Geo Seas Pan European infrastructure for management of marine and ocean geological and geophysical data EEA x Ki L LE Sr P e E EES s i F J K E e d D E 4 d D11 5 Part B Geo Seas 3D viewer end user manual for Geo Seas DTM prototype Organisation name for lead contractor for this deliverable SHOM Project acronym Geo Seas Project full title Pan European infrastructure for management of marine and ocean geological and geophysical data Grant Agreement Number 238952 Start date of project 1 May 2009 Co ordinator British Soke Geological Survey CORTE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL e infrast ructu re Deliverable number Short Title D11 8 Geo Seas 3D viewer end user manual Long Title Geo Seas 3D viewer end user manual for the Geo Seas DTM prototype Short Description This document describes the functionalities of the 3D viewer developed for the viewing services associated to the DIM demonstrator and according to the Geo Seas methodology D11 4 This manual aims to guide end users through a installing the tool b features of the 3D viewer and c accessing help if required Authors Organisation s Filename 0000000 GS WP11 D11 5B GEO SEAS 3DViewer End user Manual v0 2 doc Deliverable due date D SS S Q Q QD Dn Version author Sms pae Commems Dissemination level BU Babe NX Confidential for project partners and the European Commissio
11. Service WMS which are plugged into a virtual globe lt has been designed for the purposes of e in depth evaluation of dataset content to assess the quality of a DIM resolution coverage quality using basic GIS functionalities e combining data layers such as sample location sediment properties etc Using WMS from other data sources to assist end users searching for data or analysing interactions between processes on the seabed or between the water column and topographic features e demonstrating the concept of making this type service available to end users without them requiring specific skills to install or to use the service lt is a declination of SonarScope 3DViewer which is primarily aimed at displaying DTM and water column data such as bubbles and other features detected by SonarScope algorithms The following attributes should be noted e DIM elevation and resolution are properly rendered rather than consisting of a simple image draped over the software s own DIM as would be the case e g for a GoogleEarth export in Public Version e Vertical exaggeration can be adjusted up to a maximum of 20 times which is expected to suffice for most sea floor representation e variety of different georeferenced scientific data themes oceanography geology etc that can be downloaded from WMS server are viewable e The Geo Seas 3D viewer has been specifically designed to allow quick and easy 3D viewing of DIMs distr
12. ations from the NASA as follows e some information about configurations can be obtained from http worldwind arc nasa gov java e how to update the driver http worldwind arc nasa gov java video html The viewer works with Windows 32 and 64 bits The Linux version does not have wizard installers and has not been subject to advanced tests The viewer requires Java 1 6 In 32 Bits configuration 1 Go RAM and in 64 bits 4 Go are recommended Successful tests were performed with DTM below 300 Mo The upper limit is not precisely known but problems can occur when loading the MNT especially when tiling 1 3 License and download GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help Nof th Atlantic Ocean South Atlantic Ocean Altitude 19 070 km Lat 31 6991 Lon 19 6935 Elev 4 479 58 meters The 3D viewer is freely available for general use provided the user has registered in Geo Seas portal htip www geo seas eu and has accepted conditions of use Users may then download a copy of the 3D viewer directly 1 4 Installation The complete installation of GeoSeas viewer is managed by a setup wizard The version of this setup depends on your system version 32 Bits or 64 Bits It installs elements in the directory you ve choosen during the installation Java dll Uninstallation item Libs directory And GeoSeas Viewer executable as a shareware 1 5 About this document This document describes all
13. e readable by Excel by clicking on the Export Profile button To erase and redo the measure just uncheck and recheck the check box 2 2 5 Settings The group of three buttons located on top of the tool panel gives access to the following functionality 14 50 to a location keset ine dem Display transparency point manager e Reset the view point Reset azimuth and elevation angles to their default values i e Az 0 El 90 e Go to a location Centre the view point onto a specific location whose coordinates in decimal values are input by user through the following dialog box Coordinates Decimal latitude Decimal longitude e Display transparency manager disabled in the current version display sliders controlling layer transparency in front of each layer within the tree view moving slider to the left will set the corresponding layer totally transparent see also ee Layers Tools Terrain W Layers ER Effects 0i v Stars in 9 atmosphere B m Other C Q9 Place Names Effects v Q Stars n atmosphere amp e E3 Other Qi Place Names World Map i Scale bar 5 Ba 7 e Compass i SE ewm C D mans Graticule ue 9 MGRS Graticule 15 2 3 Terrain tab The Terrain tab displays a tree view of all the DTM loaded by user Only DTM data files in the NetCDF transport format specified and adopted by
14. ibuted using the NetCDF transport format specified and adopted by the European Geo Seas infrastructure http www geo seas eu e Bathymetric grids of the European Seas produced in the framework of the Hydrography and Seabed mapping preparatory actions of the European Marine Observation and Data Network EMODnet http www emodnet hydrography eu can be downloaded in the Geo Seas transport format and also viewed using the 3D Geo Seas viewer e Grids in such format can be produced using Generic Mapping Tool GMT and scripts developed specifically for these purposes see nttp www geo seas eu for downloading or various softwares such as Caraibes or Sonarscope http flotte ifremer fr fleet Presentation of the fleet On board software e Geo Seas 3DViewer is a complete standalone application based on NasaWorldWind technology and associated 3D engine It is developed in Java and available on all plattorms runnning NasaWorldWind 1 2 Prerequisites Geo Seas 3Dviewer is visual and graphic software which relies on the hardware capabilities of the users PC in order to function optimally Sometimes the application may encounter problems when integrating DTM Files or at times the rendering may not be optimal data quantification for example These effect are most likely to occur if the machine has an old or outdated Graphic Process Unit recommended configuration 2007 or never Nvidia or ATI cards or the driver is not updated Recommend
15. n only E Summary INTRODUCTION eee ee eee eee 4 beet 4 EC PSS suse atevsnawayevenaudrevansvereve aveceve es 5 1 3 License and download 6 RAS QAR T T E 6 1 5 About this document 6 2 EI Leit e m 7 2 1 Layers tab iii 7 2k EH UE E 7 2 1 2 Custom Layers WMS servers cccceccccceeceeeeeceeseeeeeseeeeeseeeeesaaeess 8 22 TOOL a oeren ee EE EEN 10 EC E N E E EIU 10 222 OS EEEE EA EEE EEEE 10 2 2 VOICI OX Late Ee ieser en Ra UR ea ete 10 2 24 le unt et 00 E 12 SEENEN 13 EC DNR KT ele bh Cl EE 15 2 3 1 DTM and texture Loading ccccccccccsececeeeeeseeeseeeeaeesseeeeseeesseeeens 15 292 C esa PR 18 2 3 3 Differences between DIM and texture files 18 Bod qORUSS E et E 20 E APV AIN OS a a da cote 20 ENS ee 21 4 TROUBLES OO IN TE PU OPI I EE 22 4 1 Earth appears blank Idi 22 4 2 Data layer is invisible and a hole appears instead 23 ao POG ue 24 4 4 Custom layers do not respond ens 24 4 5 Application crash iii 25 cM ee 25 Yt GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help FC Ucea a a Nofth Atlantic Ocean South Attar ic Ocean SA L a 2000 Kim Altitude 19 070 km Lat 31 6991 Lon 19 69359 Elev 4 479 58 meters 1 INTRODUCTION The Geo Seas 3D Viewer is a geographical 3D Viewer providing an innovative and high performance 3D viewer for data types such as Digital Terrain Models DTM and Web Map
16. na Effects Other tools Vertical exaggeration setting Measurement tool Settings 2 2 1 Effects User can turn on or off star and atmosphere visualisation 2 2 2 Other Layers The other category allow user to display several tools such as e Place names displays the name of continents countries and major cities e World Map displays an overview map in the upper left corner with a cross indicating current point of focus e Scale bar displays a scale bar on the lower right corner e Terrain Profile Graph displays the profile Elevation of the medium horizontal line or swap to the profile Elevation from the Measure tool if it is selected e Compass displays a compass in the upper right corner with a red arrow heading north e Lat Lon graticule displays the MGHS graticule 2 2 3 Vertical exaggeration Geo Seas 3DViewer enables a user to apply vertical exaggeration to different layers Vertical exaggeration can be applied up to 20x which should suffice for most sea floor representation 11 Without vertical exaggeration Ceaas5eas Shareware ia ale View Cotes Help Seismic Werercolumm Shaza Lmyers Toon Tarrait Finition E nes Ds Effects lt gt Sisa d KR annosphora a Other Puce Hack d world Map Scale ber F b Terain praf e graph F b Compass D Lat Len Graticula Berre Ces Vertical axmjgerason ix Rires Lenis 1 na Gores kar
17. ser choosing this option has to choose a textural layer before activating the option Therefore all layers will have the same contrast settings gradient calculation and inversion included This is useful for comparing layers in a common color table 21 Example Color Map on Banc du Four DEL Ween tie eF BETETE i mim METRE Color Map Jet ColorMap catherine ColorMap grey Invert Jet ColorMap Jet ColorMap SunShading on cB oua tim m mim z pWUsg cesse EE 3 MENUS Move the cursor over the figure below and click on the item to reach corresponding help section Once 3DViewer is open you can expand the full application by clicking on the button wf GeoSeas Sharev are File View Options Help Seismi Vater column 7 ls Terrain v Stars v Atmosphere Er Tel E3 Other 3 Ge Place Names B world Map m Scale bar Terrain profile graph L Lat Lon Graticule North Atlantic Ocear Vertical exaggeration 1x J SOUTH AMERICA 10x 15x 20x SoutfrAdantic Ocean N 1 2000 Km Measure Export profile E Import profil Off Globe 1 e 4 TROUBLESHOOTING eoSeas Shareware File View Options Help This section provides tips to assist users in dealing with some common problems e Earth apears blank e Contrast panel doesn t work or data is invisible e Custom layers do not respond 4 1 Earth appears blank Like this
18. the European Geo Seas infrastructure http www geo seas eu can be viewed using the version 1 0 MNT Files are CARAIBES format Files which contain Depth data associated with Lat Long coordinates When reading a MNT file the NWW library processes it by tiling and creating a pyramid multi resolution in data cache folders of NWW Two types of cached files are created e elevation files contain DTM data e texture files contain image data which is draped over DTM data 2 3 1 DTM and texture Loading User can load a DTM through the file menu File gt gt Open vt GeoSeas Shareware File View Options Help Ei Open w Work offline I c kd SAVE SESSION Restore Session Export data B import data Save Screenshot Add custom layer WMS X Exit The following file browser appears Note multiple selection is allowed 16 Look in From E MOUSSAT fee med07 modele mnt Zone l mnt Zone02 mnt Ordinateur TY File name TE pes of type All known files formats If the user has already loaded this data a pop up prompts you to load data directly data from the cache without tiling it If the user responds negatively the tiling process is called and erases the cache data in cache use it d 1 T H The User can choose to gather these files under one of the previously loaded group of files through the Existing macro layer listbox or create
19. zh np Aliade 155 km E Of Cube L G obeas Sharrware File View Options Help Seismic Winer coiume Shape impara Toot Tarran H agatcg CES Effects d ER Stars ER Atert org Other Grace Himan world Map Oh Scale ber I Terrain praffe pash Compass W Lat Lon Grato Ergit Grae Vertical axmjgerscnn 133 g re Lans na Ceres lengh ne Alpale Gem 8 12 2 2 4 Measurement tool The measurement tool can be used to retrieve the distance between two points on the spheroid This tool is activated once you have checked the corresponding check box The user can point to profiles by clicking simultaneously on P key and click in the Main Panel Measure Measure nm ExportProfile Export profile Measure Measure profile profile Length na Length na Direct lenght na Direct lenght na Use P key left click to add new measure points The pointer then changes to a cross and user can left click points anywhere on the globe 13 When P is released the user can change the position of one point of the path by left clicking on it and drawing it to a new position The same with Alt pressed will result in the translation of the path The measure gives the approximate orientation and direct lengths of the segments Once the measuring process is finished you can export the Elevation profile as a csv file Comma Separator Valu
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