Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data
In this opinion paper, we, a group of scientists from environmental-, geo-, ocean- and information science, argue visual data exploration should become a common analytics approach in Earth system science due to its potential for analysis and interpretation of large and complex spatio-temporal data....
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| author | Carolin Helbig Doris Dransch Michael Böttinger Colin Devey Antonie Haas Mario Hlawitschka Claudia Kuenzer Karsten Rink Christian Schäfer-Neth Gerik Scheuermann Tom Kwasnitschka Andrea Unger |
| author_facet | Carolin Helbig Doris Dransch Michael Böttinger Colin Devey Antonie Haas Mario Hlawitschka Claudia Kuenzer Karsten Rink Christian Schäfer-Neth Gerik Scheuermann Tom Kwasnitschka Andrea Unger |
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| description | In this opinion paper, we, a group of scientists from environmental-, geo-, ocean- and information science, argue visual data exploration should become a common analytics approach in Earth system science due to its potential for analysis and interpretation of large and complex spatio-temporal data. We discuss the challenges that appear such as synthesis of heterogeneous data from various sources, reducing the amount of information and facilitating multidisciplinary, collaborative research. We argue that to fully exploit the potential of visual data exploration, several bottlenecks and challenges have to be addressed: providing an efficient data management and an integrated modular workflow, developing and applying suitable visual exploration concepts and methods with the help of effective and tailored tools as well as generating and raising the awareness of visual data exploration and education. We are convinced visual data exploration is worth the effort since it significantly facilitates insight into environmental data and derivation of knowledge from it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c346d55af443435cb2f3dfdc40c0c0a92023-09-21T14:38:05ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Digital Earth1753-89471753-89552017-10-0110101070107610.1080/17538947.2017.13276181327618Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental dataCarolin Helbig0Doris Dransch1Michael Böttinger2Colin Devey3Antonie Haas4Mario Hlawitschka5Claudia Kuenzer6Karsten Rink7Christian Schäfer-Neth8Gerik Scheuermann9Tom Kwasnitschka10Andrea Unger11Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ)Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK)German Aerospace Centre (DLR)Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)Institute of Computer Science, Leipzig UniversityHelmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)In this opinion paper, we, a group of scientists from environmental-, geo-, ocean- and information science, argue visual data exploration should become a common analytics approach in Earth system science due to its potential for analysis and interpretation of large and complex spatio-temporal data. We discuss the challenges that appear such as synthesis of heterogeneous data from various sources, reducing the amount of information and facilitating multidisciplinary, collaborative research. We argue that to fully exploit the potential of visual data exploration, several bottlenecks and challenges have to be addressed: providing an efficient data management and an integrated modular workflow, developing and applying suitable visual exploration concepts and methods with the help of effective and tailored tools as well as generating and raising the awareness of visual data exploration and education. We are convinced visual data exploration is worth the effort since it significantly facilitates insight into environmental data and derivation of knowledge from it.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2017.1327618digital earthgeoinformaticsgeospatial data integrationvisualization |
| spellingShingle | Carolin Helbig Doris Dransch Michael Böttinger Colin Devey Antonie Haas Mario Hlawitschka Claudia Kuenzer Karsten Rink Christian Schäfer-Neth Gerik Scheuermann Tom Kwasnitschka Andrea Unger Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data International Journal of Digital Earth digital earth geoinformatics geospatial data integration visualization |
| title | Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data |
| title_full | Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data |
| title_fullStr | Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data |
| title_short | Challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data |
| title_sort | challenges and strategies for the visual exploration of complex environmental data |
| topic | digital earth geoinformatics geospatial data integration visualization |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2017.1327618 |
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