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Commercial Visualization Software Providers Canadian Business Data Providers
3D GIS Gallery http://geog-www.sbs.ohio-state.edu/faculty/mkwan/Gallery/STPaths.htm Taken from Mei-Po Kwan's website, it offers different ways that GIS can be used as opposed to the basic chloropleth map. There are three different galleries: Space-Time Paths, Urban Scenes, and Density Surfaces.
CASE STUDIES OF VISUALIZATION IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Collection of case-studies which reflect the emerging application of visualization within the social sciences. A couple of good examples of area-based spatial-temporal analysis, if somewhat dated. http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/visual/casestud/contents.htm
CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF GEOMATICS (CDG) The CDG aims at accelerating economic growth of the Québec geomatics sector by acting as a catalyst between the key players of the sector: the large users, private sector companies, government agencies, R&D institutions, investors and professional associations. http://www.cdg.qc.ca/anglais/index.html
Geomatics Business Park A number of businesses specializing in geovisualization are located within close proximity to one another. These businesses share their developing technology in what is believed to be the first geomatics business park.
GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY The goal of GFDL's research is to understand and predict the earth's climate and weather, including the impact of human activities. GFDL conducts leading-edge research on many topics of great practical value, including weather and hurricane forecasts, El Niño prediction, stratospheric ozone depletion, and global warming. Provides link and comparison of currently available visualization software, and some good examples.
GEOVISTA GeoVISTA is the Penn State Geographic Visualization Science, Technology, and Applications Center. The Center was established in fall, 1998. Our core goals are to support research in Geographic Information Science (GIScience), with an emphasis on geographic visualization (geovisualization), and to facilitate application of advances in GIScience and related technologies within science more broadly as well as within business, government, and education.
GLYPHS http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/~kraus/glyphs/ Uses a set of IRIS modules which allow non-programmers to interactively visualize scattered data points or data on a grid using customizable glyphs.
IRIS EXPLORER CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE The IRIS Explorer Centre of Excellence is a joint initiative of NAG Ltd and the Computer Studies department at the University of Leeds. The aim of the Centre is to carry out research and development related to IRIS Explorer. In addition, the Centre is to house a repository of user-contributed modules, and training materials. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/iecoe/
Manhattan Time Formations http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations/intro.html Uses a computer model and interactive animation to examine Manhattan' development from 1811 - 1999. Some items examined include subway, historical buildings, office buildings, farms, and urban renewal. There are other examples at http://www.skyscraper.org/WEB_PROJECTS/projects.htm
Oakville GIS http://www.oakvillegis.ca/onpoint/onpoint The City of Oakville manages a webpage that allows users to create a 3D map based on address.
OPEN GIS CONSORTIUM, INC. The Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services.
Southern Nevada GIS Department http://gisgate.co.clark.nv.us/openweb/asp/openweb.asp A number of counties and cities in Southern Nevada have joined together to create an interactive map that allows the user to find parcels of land throughout the area.
TerraFly Allows the user to view remotely sensed images anywhere in the United States.
Virtual Terrain Project (VRT) Primary goal is to foster the creation of tools for easily constructing any part of the real world in interactive, 3D digital form. To learn about the types of GIS programs used and the attempt at improving 2D visuals please visit the following link http://www.vterrain.org/GIS/index.html
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY (CSCA) The main site of the CSCA provides information on all of the publications undertaken by the centre. These include a number of reports on information technology and decision support. A number of research letters are available for download from the site.
COMPUTERS AND GEOSCIENCES - SPECIAL ISSUE ON EXPLORATORY CARTOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION Collection of articles on cartographic visualization from leading experts, such as MacEachren and Kraak. In combination the articles provide a good overview of visualization research. See main homepage for Journal (http://www.iamg.org/CGEditor/index.htm) http://www.elsevier.nl/homepage/sad/cageo/cgvis/artlist.htm
EATON CHAIR IN RETAILING (ECR) Linked to the CSCA site the Eaton Chair in Retailing website provides up-to-date information on the retail economy in Canada. The site provides links to other key retail and commercial service research sites. The ECR site is an information portal for anyone interested in the commercial economy of Canada.
GEO-INFOMATICS MAGAZINE - GEOVISUALISATION The articles found in this special geovisualization dossier are a selection of work related to the activities of the International Cartographic Association's Commission on Visualization and Virtual Environments. The Commission represents a group of international and interdisciplinary scientist who try to push forward the research agenda of geovisualization. The contributions represent the frontline of current research. http://kartoweb.itc.nl/pubs/geovisualization/index.html
AMERICAN CONGRESS ON SURVEYING AND MAPPING ACSM is incorporated as a non-profit educational organization. The society is made up of four member organizations, which serve as special interest groups. Together they cover a full range of disciplines in the spatial data information field. The American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS), The Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CAGIS), The Geographic and Land Information Society (GLIS) and The National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). http://www.acsm.net/acsmintro.html
CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMATICS http://www.cig-acsg.ca/page.asp
GEOMATICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION & TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION
Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis of Cancer Data http://www.geovista.psu.edu/grants/nci-esda/index.html Primary objective is to develop a coordinated visual, statistical, and computational approach that extends current abilities to explore, identify, investigate, and explain spatial patterns of cancer incidence and mortality, and their relationships to population demographics and health policy.
INTERNATIONAL CARTOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION - COMMISSION ON VISUALIZATION AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS
http://www.geovista.psu.edu/sites/icavis/index.html
COMMERCIAL VISUALIZATION SOFTWARE PROVIDERS
AVS develops and markets data visualization software products that are designed to enhance a computer user's ability to integrate, present, analyze and better understand many different types of data. Also see the International AVS Centre (http://www.iavsc.org/).
IBM OPEN VISUALIZATION DATA EXPLORER Open Visualization Data Explorer is a full visualization environment that gives users the ability to apply advanced visualization and analysis techniques to their data. These techniques can be applied to help users gain new insights into data from applications in a wide variety of fields including science, engineering, medicine and business. Data Explorer provides a full set of tools for manipulating, transforming, processing, realizing, rendering and animating data and allow for visualization and analysis methods based on points, lines, areas, volumes, images or geometric primitives in any combination. http://www.research.ibm.com/dx/
NAG - IRIS EXPLORER The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG), develops and provides world-leading software to solve complex mathematical problems. The range of products and services that NAG offers has continually expanded into statistical, symbolic, visualisation and numerical simulation software, compilers and application development tools and wide-ranging consultancy. They develop and market the Iris Explorer Visualization product, arguably one of the most advanced visual programming environment for 3-D data visualisation, animation and manipulation. http://www.nag.com/visualisation_graphics.asp
ESRI World's largest GIS company, market a suite of GIS products. Package a module, ArcView 3D Analyst, for basic 3D mapping.
MANIFOLD This package is geared towards GIS users wanting to undertake spatial analysis, as opposed to solely mapping. Manifold GIS also has a 3D module, with a number of animation modules.
MAPINFO Geospatial data and software provider. MapInfo has become one of the world leaders in GIS. The more recent releases of the software include modules to undertake basic prism and 3D mapping
IBM IBM develop and manufacture advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, networking systems, storage devices and microelectronics.
SGI SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc., is a major global provider of high-performance computing, complex data management, and visualization products, services, and solutions. http://www.sgi.com/visualization/ SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software, and services. Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web.
Government Providers
Commercial Providers VIASAT - A company out of Quebec that focuses on providing geospatial solutions to customer's business processes. It works with over 25 companies such as Bell Canada, Cogeco Cable, Hydro-Quebec and Natural Resources Canada.
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