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Hobart
Keywords:
Advanced interactivity, online, animation, scientific exploration tool, existing
beta version
Objective:
Build onto an interactive, web based tool for visualising any textual or image
based results that are tagged to a geographic location on Earth. Animate various
image files, switch from a map view to database view to a chart view –
create a slick visual insight into real science output that helps understand
plate tectonic motion, sea level rise, uplift / subsidence and earthquake displacement.
Background:
My research at UTAS and with others in Australia and the UK involves measuring
global phenomena using space geodetic tools – tools like GPS, satellite
laser ranging and space gravity missions. We’re interested in how the
Earth moves in response to melting ice, changing sea levels and other mass loads.
In undertaking this sort of research, we generate many different kinds of charts,
plots and numeric output specific to locations all over the Earth’s surface
– all of which are loaded in a simple database.
I need to be able to visualise some of these charts, plots and numbers online,
interactively, often animated and in a multiuser level environment. I need really
smart interactive screens that as you mouse over a site of interest, you have
innovative ways of switching to plots or charts from that site, or groups of
sites. The emphasis is on graphical design and ease of interactivity.
Advantages of this project:
Work with fully interactive web development. Pick the best parts from an existing
beta release so you can work on the interactive animated components. Gain experience
in the “spatial” sector – an area of industry that is currently
booming and seeking skilled computer scientists and managers.
The existing tool utilises basic elements from AJAX / HTML / PHP / MySQL / SVG and Javascript. Basic background maps are obtained from the open source MapServer software. It is your choice from here!
Client Name: Dr Christopher Watson
Phone (B/H): 6224 6690 / 6226 2489 /
Email: cwatson@utas.edu.au
WWW: www.utas.edu.au/spatial
Address: Room 119, Centre for Spatial Information Science (CenSIS), lower level
of the Engineering building, UTAS.
The estimated software difficulty rating is 4