Abstract
It is important for environment protection to monitor changes in the environment by natural and human causes. It is also important to educate the next generation on the importance of the global environment issues. Recently, it has become possible to continually monitor the global environment using various satellite sensor data. But these satellite data are used for highly specialized analysis by experts in such fields, and the data cannot easily be used by non-experts. In this paper, we propose a satellite data visualization system for educational use. In the proposed system, a gray-scale 2-dimensional image is created from the satellite data. Next, a pseudo-color image is created from the gray-scale image to assist the comprehension of the data. A 3-dimensional data representation of the image is also created, to assist the comparison of the individual data. The aim of the created image is for educational use, and the image is created with emphasis on comprehension of the data, rather than presentation of data details. The aim of the proposed system is presenting the satellite data visually so that non-experts can easily understand. The target of this research is to apply the proposed system for natural science education and to improve the awareness of global environmental issues.
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The authors wish to thank Dr. Yukio Yanagisawa and Dr. Masao Igarashi of Nihon University for their valuable advice and collaboration. This research was supported by the research project of Tokyo University of Information Sciences for the sustainable development of economic and social structure dependent on the environment in eastern Asia.
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Matsushita, K., Koshikawa, S., Endoh, T. et al. Satellite data visualization system for education. Artif Life Robotics 19, 258–261 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-014-0159-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-014-0159-8