Interactive 3D Visualisation of Meteorological Data

Supervisor: Kurt DebattistaCo-Supervisor: Joe Cordina

Observer: Kevin Vella

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APT Advanced practical task serve the

purpose of allowing students to design, implement and document a medium to large project Student initiative Understand task + design Research into possible solutions Work alone under supervisor’s guidance

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Overview

Implement an application for interactively displaying meteorological data over the Mediterranean region in 3 dimensions

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Literature Any good 3D book OpenGL Red book Paper describing cloud rendering

algorithm Photocopies for occlusion culling

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Assessment

50% Design/Implementation 30% Documentation/Inception

Report 20% Presentation/Interview

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Main issues of APT Implementation

3D static landscape Navigation interface + GUI Visualisation of meteorological data Extras

Animation Streaming

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3D Static Landscape Import geographical data into

application Static model of Mediterranean Memory issues (does model fit in

memory?) Performance (too many polygons?)

Level of detail Occlusion culling

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Navigation Navigation of camera through 3D

world Design of basic navigation is very

important (think carefully – Black and White)

Must be intuitive GUI design (might not be needed) Fly-through animation Selected view points

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Visualisation Visualisation of

Clouds Precipitation Humidity Temperature Wind

Input from grib format To be discussed in detail

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Extras Streaming of data from server

Real-time updates Selected view points shots

Export to selected image format Animation of such images

Precipitation over a week 3D real-time animation of

meteorological events

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Documentation Inception report (Thursday 28th

February) Analysis/Design Work plan

Report Detailed analysis of problem Discussion of solution (+ others considered) Detailed description of data structures and

algorithms used

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Presentation 15 minute presentation

Choice of material Knowledge of subject Clarity

Interview Answer questions related to APT

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Interaction Expect to report to supervisor

every other week Thursday Who cannot attend must mail in

progress report + work in progress demo

First meeting Thursday 28th February

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The end

All the best! Good luck! Work hard!