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Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research
Editor(s)
Steven J. Whitmeyer;
Steven J. Whitmeyer
Department of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, Memorial Hall, MSC 6903, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807, USA
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John E. Bailey;
John E. Bailey
Scenarios Network for Alaska & Arctic Planning, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, USA
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Declan G. De Paor;
Declan G. De Paor
Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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Tina Ornduff
Tina Ornduff
Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, California 94043, USA
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Geological Society of America
Copyright:
© 2012 Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813724928
Publication date:
October 01, 2012
Book Chapter
Google Venus
Author(s)
Declan G. De Paor
;
Declan G. De Paor
Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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Vicki L. Hansen
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Vicki L. Hansen
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota 55812, USA
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Mladen M. Dordevic
Mladen M. Dordevic
Department of Physics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA
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Published:October 01, 2012
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.
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