ADVANCED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) PROVIDING MODELING, DECISION SUPPORT, VISUALIZATION, SONIFICATION, WEB INTERFACE, RISK MANAGEMENT, SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, SENSOR TELEMETRY, FIELD VIDEO, AND FIELD AUDIO
An advanced Geographic Information System (GIS) providing modeling, analysis, Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), data visualization, data sonification, web interface, risk management, sensitivity analysis, and telemetry capabilities is described. Telemetry can be provided by field sensors, field video, and/or field audio, and can be recorded or provided live in either direct or analyzed form. Data visualizations can be displayed along with GIS graphics, and can be superimposed or otherwise integrated with GIS graphics. GIS graphics can be used as the basis for an interactive user interface for other parts of the system. Web interfaces can support remote use, server based implementations, and/or collaboration. Advanced multi-channel data sonification can be used to prevent visual overloading of GIS graphics and interactions with it. The system can include rich data processing capabilities and interconnections of these so as to facilitate powerful data visualization and sonification results and can support multidimensional user interface devices.
1 . An information system for environmental applications, the system comprising:
a data store having Graphical Information Systems (GIS) data;
an element for selecting data from the data store resulting in selected GIS data;
a GIS graphics rendering element for visually rendering GIS information from selected GIS data, the selected GIS data comprising a plurality of GIS data elements;
visual rendering software for displaying GIS graphics responsive to selected GIS data on a visual display device;
environmental data provided by a source of environmental data;
an element imposing an association between the environmental data and at least one GIS data element; and
visual rendering software for displaying data graphics responsive to the environmental data on the visual display device;
wherein the data graphics are displayed along with the GIS graphics.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the environmental data was previously recorded.
3 . The system of claim 2 wherein the environmental data was previously recorded from sensor telemetry.
4 . The system of claim 1 wherein the environmental data is live real-time sensor telemetry.
5 . The system of claim 1 further comprises multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) software for analyzing data.
6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the data graphics are displayed superimposed on the GIS graphics.
7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the data graphics are displayed separately from the GIS graphics.
8 . The system of claim 1 wherein the system further comprises a data sonification element for providing an audible representation of data in the system.
9 . The system of claim 1 wherein the system is further provided with image data by sensor telemetry feeds, and further wherein the image data is displayed along with the GIS graphics.
10 . The system of claim 9 wherein the image data comprises video.
11 . An information system for environmental applications, the system comprising:
a data store comprising Graphical Information Systems (GIS) data;
an element for selecting data from the data store, resulting in selected GIS data;
a GIS graphics rendering element for rendering GIS information visually from selected GIS data, the selected GIS data comprising a plurality of GIS data elements;
visual rendering software for displaying GIS graphics responsive to selected GIS data on a visual display device;
environmental data provided by a source of environmental data;
an element imposing an association between the environmental data and at least one GIS data element;
analysis software for acting on at least the environmental data, producing analysis software output data, and
visual rendering software for displaying data graphics responsive to the analysis software output data on the visual display device;
wherein the data graphics are displayed along with the GIS graphics.
12 . The system of claim 11 wherein the environmental data was previously recorded.
13 . The system of claim 12 wherein the environmental data was previously recorded from sensor telemetry.
14 . The system of claim 1 wherein the environmental data is live real-time sensor telemetry.
15 . The system of claim 11 where the analysis software comprises multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) software.
16 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data graphics are displayed superimposed on the GIS graphics.
17 . The system of claim 11 wherein the data graphics are displayed separately from the GIS graphics.
18 . The system of claim 11 wherein the system further comprises a data sonification element for providing an audible representation of data in the system.
19 . The system of claim 11 wherein the system is further provided with image data by sensor telemetry feeds, and further wherein the image data is displayed along with the GIS graphics.
20 . The system of claim 19 wherein the image data comprises video.