期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2000
卷号：XXXIII Part B4 (/1-3)
页码：755-761
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Maps are increasingly being used as a primary real-time visualization tools in an interactive and dynamic environment. They are being used to explore geospatial databases that are hyper-linked together through the World Wide Web - an environment that has enabled access to a variety of dynamic, linked object forms that depict geo-referenced information. For geo-applications that engage in acquisition and distributio n of frequently changing geospatial data, the Web suffices as one of the suitable mediums to communicate and explore geospatial information in an economical and efficient manner. An example of a geo-application that could possibly exploit the Web's potentials is in weather information presentation and forecasting. In this paper, we pursue ways of intuitively exploiting the diverse sources and weather data formats available on the Web to compile weather maps for both novice and technical users. We use interactive animations whose functionality are embedded with domain knowledge that can dynamically characterize, track weather patterns, resolve conflict situations and enhance features for presentation purposes. The developed animation functionality are generic and could as well find use in other related geo-disciplines
