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A Tool for 3D Visualizing Moving Objects

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Web and Big Data (APWeb-WAIM 2017)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 10367))

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Visually representing query results and complex data structures in a database system provides a convenient way for users to understand and analyze the data. In this demo, we will present a tool for 3D visualizing moving objects, i.e., spatial objects continuously changing locations over time. Instead of simply reporting numbers and lines, moving objects as well as dynamic attributes are animated and graphically displayed in an unified way. The tool benefits comprehensively understanding the spatio-temporal movement. Furthermore, we introduce how the tool provides powerful visual metaphors to explore the index structure such that one can fast determine whether the structure has a good shape, i.e., well preserving the spatio-temporal proximity. This is not a standalone software but a tool embedded in a database system.

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Acknowledgement

The work is funded by NSFC under grant number 61300052, Fundation of Graduate Innovation Center in NUAA under grant number KFJJ20161603, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the Funding of Security Ability Construction of Civil Aviation Administration of China (AS-SA2015/21).

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  1. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

    Weiwei Wang & Jianqiu Xu

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  1. Computer Science and Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China

    Lei Chen

  2. Computer Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus N, Denmark

    Christian S. Jensen

  3. Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Cyrus Shahabi

  4. Northeastern University , Shenyang, China

    Xiaochun Yang

  5. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA

    Xiang Lian

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Wang, W., Xu, J. (2017). A Tool for 3D Visualizing Moving Objects. In: Chen, L., Jensen, C., Shahabi, C., Yang, X., Lian, X. (eds) Web and Big Data. APWeb-WAIM 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10367. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63564-4_35

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