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Stewart Dickson

Session -- The Culture of Data Visualization and Understanding II: NCDC’s Climate Data Products, Climate Visualization Production Pipeline

"I wish Visualization were as useful at GIS".

The NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville is the Nation's repository of weather data. The NCDC serves data in dozens of formats. Combining multiple data types in the same visualization allows the viewer to contextualize each type of data and compare one with the others. Various types of data require unique conversion and rendering techniques.

What does the ultimate visualization system look like? What features does it contain? What do current visualization systems need before they can become useful? Stewart Dickson will present some of the work he has done to render multiple data sources in a high-quality 3D graphics production system.

Session — Multimedia Tools and Techniques for Visualization: Scientific Visualization Production Structure

Scientists speak a language that is greatly removed from the idiom of the general public. Visualization renders scientific information accessible. How does the scientist communicate visually with the public?

Artists are adept at communicating abstract concepts through visualization. However, the language artists speak is even further removed from scientific language than is mainstream society.

How do scientists and artists work together? Stewart Dickson will propose a scientific production team structure after the model of feature film production.

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