Geographic Visualisation Video Clips

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A demonstration of the potential impact of Coastal Acid Sulfate Soils caused by a sea level rises of 2 m Australian Height Datum (AHD)

New research is being conducted by DPI and DSE, to improve our knowledge of where Coastal Acid Sulfate Soils occur along Victoria’s coast. The video provided show a coastal scenario where sea level rises by 2 m AHD.

A 'virtual aerial tour' of Mt. Elephant

Mount Elephant is a steep, isolated scoria cone rising almost 200 m above the flat surface of the surrounding lava plain. It is a single eruption point with an irregular rim caused by directed fire fountaining. The rim is breached on the north-eastern side giving an opening to a dry shallow summit crater with minimum enclosure of 20 m.

A 'virtual aerial tour' of Red Rock (Alvie)

Red Rock is one of the most complex eruption points in the Newer Volcanics Province and includes maars, tuff rings and scoria cones with a basal lava flow from another source (probably Warrion Hill). Up to 30 eruption centres have been mapped in the area measuring 4 km by 3 km just south of the township of Alvie and there are several small eruption points just north of the township.

'Virtual Aerial Tour' of Lake Gnotuk

Lake Gnotuk is a smaller lake adjacent to and north of Lake Bullen Merri. Basalt in the walls of the tuff ring is believed to be part of the same lava flow as that at Bullen Merri. The two lakes are linked by an overflow channel in the common wall at an elevation of 175 m.

'Virtual Aerial Tour' of Mt. Noorat

Mount Noorat is a scoria cone with complex eruption point topography. The central feature of the volcano is an entire circular crater with a minimum enclosure depth of 85 m.

'Virtual Tour' of east-west linear and parabolic dunes on the edge of Big Desert National Park

This 'virtual tour' is in an area just south of Underbool. On the left hand side of the clip you can see linear calcareous dunefields that trend in an east to west direction. This area has been cleared for agriculture and mainly supports grain cropping. The area to the right is on the northern edge of the Big Desert National Park and is dominated by native mallee vegetation. The landforms here are dominated by siliceous dunes that are parabolic in shape. This is an interesting area that clearly shows these two distinct dune formations abutting each other sharply.

Victoria Natural Resource Management Knowledge Arcade

This video clip demonstrates some users activities in the Victoria Natural Resource Management Knowledge Arcade. The Victoria Knowledge Arcade is a simulated three dimensional environment programmed in Virtual Reality Mark-up Language (VRML¹).

Yingxin Wu, 13/3/2007

Modelling below the surface

This video clip shows progressive switching on and off of a number of spatial information layers which have been modelled using the software package Gocad².

Don Cherry, 09/2006

Example of GIS data display in Google Earth

Illustration of the potential usage of Google Earth³ to display imagery and GIS⁴ vector data exported from ArcGIS⁵. This video clip shows how Google Earth can be used to display aerial imagery, GIS line, polygon and point shapefile⁶ data.

Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 21/00/2007

Usage of the Spatial Information Exploration & Visualisation Environment (SIEVE)

Illustration of data export from GIS to SIEVE⁷ through the Arc2SIEVE⁸ interface and demonstration of the SIEVE environment. This video clip shows the functioning of the Arc2SIEVE interface that allows users to export GIS vector (polygon shapefile) and imagery data into a "mission file", a format readable by SIEVE.

Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 12/09/2006

Walk across a green paddock

Example video output of a three dimensional representation of a paddock created in Visual Nature Studio⁹ and illustrating a project of tree fencing a farm paddock.

Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 29/09/2006

Visualising Goulburn Broken Waterwatch Monitoring sites

This video clip previews the ability to use a three dimensional visualising tool such as Google Earth to Visualise and link the Goulburn Broken Waterwatch sites in a three dimensional Landscape with the GB Waterwatch website data.

Hayden Lewis, 24/09/2006

Example of GIS data display in Nasa World Wind

This video clip illustrates how Nasa World Wind can be used to display shapefile polygon, line, and point data in different altitudes and angles. It also illustrates how to modify the visual transparency of each layer.

Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 22/09/2006

Technote:
1. VRML: Virtual Reality Modelling Language. It's an open, extensible, industry-standard scene description language for 3-D scenes, or worlds, on the Internet. With VRML and certain software tools, you can create and view distributed, interactive 3-D worlds that are rich with text, images, animation, sound, music and video.
2. Gocad: Gocad is a software solution for modelling geological objects in 3D. It developed mainly from the petroleum industry integrating geological, geophysical and engineering concepts in a computer aided drafting (CAD) platform. It has been developed by an international consortium and continues to be applied in a variety of situations including structural geology around Victoria's mineral fields by the GeoScience Victoria and in understanding groundwater aquifers by PIRVic.
3. Google earth: is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer and was created by Keyhole, Inc. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe.
4. GIS: A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a system for capturing, storing, analysing and managing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to the earth. It's a tool that allows users to create interactive queries (user created searches), analyse the spatial information, edit data, maps, and present the results of all these operations.
5. ArcGIS: is an integrated collection of GIS software products for building a complete GIS. ArcGIS enables users to deploy GIS functionality wherever it is needed in desktops, servers, or custom applications; over the Web; or in the field.
6. Shapefile: is a set of files that contain a set of points, arcs, or polygons (or features) that hold tabular data and a spatial location.
7. Spatial Information Exploration & Visualisation Environment (SIEVE): is a collaborative, virtual environment built using the Torque Games Engine (TGE) (www.garagegames.com (external link)). SIEVE has been developed by the CRC-SI in collaboration with DPI, DSE and Geosciences Australia.
8. Arc2SIEVE: is a function that exports GIS data into SIEVE scenario by using ArcGIS.
9. Visual Nature Studio: Visual Nature Studio is a tool that brings visualization to life. Import GIS or geospatial data and make all of the numbers and obscure information into a photorealistic image or animation.

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A demonstration of the potential impact of Coastal Acid Sulfate Soils caused by a sea level rises of 2 m Australian Height Datum (AHD) New research is being conducted by DPI and DSE, to improve our knowledge of where Coastal Acid Sulfate Soils occur along Victoria’s coast. The video provided show a coastal scenario where sea level rises by 2 m AHD.
A 'virtual aerial tour' of Mt. Elephant Mount Elephant is a steep, isolated scoria cone rising almost 200 m above the flat surface of the surrounding lava plain. It is a single eruption point with an irregular rim caused by directed fire fountaining. The rim is breached on the north-eastern side giving an opening to a dry shallow summit crater with minimum enclosure of 20 m.
A 'virtual aerial tour' of Red Rock (Alvie) Red Rock is one of the most complex eruption points in the Newer Volcanics Province and includes maars, tuff rings and scoria cones with a basal lava flow from another source (probably Warrion Hill). Up to 30 eruption centres have been mapped in the area measuring 4 km by 3 km just south of the township of Alvie and there are several small eruption points just north of the township.
'Virtual Aerial Tour' of Lake Gnotuk Lake Gnotuk is a smaller lake adjacent to and north of Lake Bullen Merri. Basalt in the walls of the tuff ring is believed to be part of the same lava flow as that at Bullen Merri. The two lakes are linked by an overflow channel in the common wall at an elevation of 175 m.
'Virtual Aerial Tour' of Mt. Noorat Mount Noorat is a scoria cone with complex eruption point topography. The central feature of the volcano is an entire circular crater with a minimum enclosure depth of 85 m.
'Virtual Tour' of east-west linear and parabolic dunes on the edge of Big Desert National Park This 'virtual tour' is in an area just south of Underbool. On the left hand side of the clip you can see linear calcareous dunefields that trend in an east to west direction. This area has been cleared for agriculture and mainly supports grain cropping. The area to the right is on the northern edge of the Big Desert National Park and is dominated by native mallee vegetation. The landforms here are dominated by siliceous dunes that are parabolic in shape. This is an interesting area that clearly shows these two distinct dune formations abutting each other sharply.
Victoria Natural Resource Management Knowledge Arcade This video clip demonstrates some users activities in the Victoria Natural Resource Management Knowledge Arcade. The Victoria Knowledge Arcade is a simulated three dimensional environment programmed in Virtual Reality Mark-up Language (VRML¹). Yingxin Wu, 13/3/2007
Modelling below the surface This video clip shows progressive switching on and off of a number of spatial information layers which have been modelled using the software package Gocad². Don Cherry, 09/2006
Example of GIS data display in Google Earth Illustration of the potential usage of Google Earth³ to display imagery and GIS⁴ vector data exported from ArcGIS⁵. This video clip shows how Google Earth can be used to display aerial imagery, GIS line, polygon and point shapefile⁶ data. Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 21/00/2007
Usage of the Spatial Information Exploration & Visualisation Environment (SIEVE) Illustration of data export from GIS to SIEVE⁷ through the Arc2SIEVE⁸ interface and demonstration of the SIEVE environment. This video clip shows the functioning of the Arc2SIEVE interface that allows users to export GIS vector (polygon shapefile) and imagery data into a "mission file", a format readable by SIEVE. Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 12/09/2006
Walk across a green paddock Example video output of a three dimensional representation of a paddock created in Visual Nature Studio⁹ and illustrating a project of tree fencing a farm paddock. Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 29/09/2006
Visualising Goulburn Broken Waterwatch Monitoring sites This video clip previews the ability to use a three dimensional visualising tool such as Google Earth to Visualise and link the Goulburn Broken Waterwatch sites in a three dimensional Landscape with the GB Waterwatch website data. Hayden Lewis, 24/09/2006
Example of GIS data display in Nasa World Wind This video clip illustrates how Nasa World Wind can be used to display shapefile polygon, line, and point data in different altitudes and angles. It also illustrates how to modify the visual transparency of each layer. Dr. Jean-Philippe Aurambout, 22/09/2006