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Google Venus
Declan G. De Paor, Vicki L. Hansen and Mladen M. Dordevic
Google Venus (in Google Earth and virtual visualizations in geoscience education and research, Steven J. Whitmeyer (editor), John E. Bailey (editor), Declan G. De Paor (editor) and Tina Ornduff (editor))
Special Paper - Geological Society of America (October 2012) 492: 367-382
Google Venus (in Google Earth and virtual visualizations in geoscience education and research, Steven J. Whitmeyer (editor), John E. Bailey (editor), Declan G. De Paor (editor) and Tina Ornduff (editor))
Special Paper - Geological Society of America (October 2012) 492: 367-382
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Abstract
Google Earth includes digital elevation models and surface imagery for the Earth, Moon, and Mars, but not for Venus. To help geoscientists visualize Venusian geology, geophysics, and geodynamics, we have built a "Google Venus" virtual globe on a Google Earth foundation. We present here details of how this was done and offer regional samples to show the power of the virtual globe, combined with space mission imagery, and COLLADA models in displaying surface data and global, crust-to-core cross sections. We show how web data sources can be linked to Venusian locations in an engaging, interactive format. Our approach could be adapted to other planets and moons of the Solar System and to models of exoplanets.
ISSN: 0072-1077
EISSN: 2331-219X
Coden: GSAPAZ
Serial Title: Special Paper - Geological Society of America
Serial Volume: 492
Title: Google Venus
Title: Google Earth and virtual visualizations in geoscience education and research
Author(s): De Paor, Declan G.Hansen, Vicki L.Dordevic, Mladen M.
Author(s): Whitmeyer, Steven J.editor
Author(s): Bailey, John E.editor
Author(s): De Paor, Declan G.editor
Author(s): Ornduff, Tinaeditor
Affiliation: Old Dominion University, Department of Physics,
Norfolk, VA,
United States
Affiliation: James Madison University, Department of Geology,
Harrisonburg, VA,
United States
Pages: 367-382
Published: 201210
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of America (GSA),
Boulder, CO,
United States
ISBN: 978-0-8137-2492-8
Meeting name: 2011 GSA Penrose conference, Google Earth and virtual visualizations in geoscience education and research
Meeting location: Mountain View, CA,
USA,
United States
Meeting date: 20110104Jan. 4-8, 2011
References: 80
Accession Number: 2013-010900
Categories: Extraterrestrial geology
Document Type: Serial Conference document
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 8 tables
Secondary Affiliation: University of Alaska Fairbanks,
USA,
United StatesOld Dominion University,
USA,
United StatesGoogle,
USA,
United StatesUniversity of Minnesota at Duluth,
USA,
United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data supplied by the Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
Update Code: 201308
