Proceedings of the ACM SIGSPATIAL Second International Workshop on High Performance and Distributed Geographic Information Systems - HPDGIS '11

2011 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
High Performance ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Second International

scholarly journals StructureMorph: Creating Scholarly 3D Models for a Convergent, Digital Publishing Environment

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bonnett ◽  
Mark Anderson ◽  
Wei Tang ◽  
Brian Farrimond ◽  
Léon Robichaud
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
High Performance ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Digital Publishing ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Complex Object ◽  
Complex Objects ◽  
Surface Appearance

Background:  The StructureMorph project rests on the premise that future publishing platforms will converge multiple applications, such as geographic information systems (GIS) and game engines, and multiple paradigms of computing, such as desktop computing and high-performance computing. Convergent platforms will also present design challenges for scholars.Analysis:  In this contribution, one response to these challenges is presented: the Complex Object. Complex Objects are 4D models that alter their shape and surface appearance in response to user interaction, and changes in world time. They also to mimic the behaviours of 2D polygons as configured in geographic information systems, graphically linking attribute data with spatial locales.Conclusion and implications:  This article discusses the concept of the Complex Object and describes the software and workflow devised to support its creation.

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