Context Discovery Outreach and Information Page

Last Update: 30 July 2007

Contact Brian Tomaszewski (bmt139@psu.edu) for more information

CDA Flyer (1 page)

User Guide (PDF)

Ontology’s (for use in searches)

West Nile Virus (developed by ConceptVISTA group)

Disaster General

Videos:

Name	Description	Date Produced	Download/View
“Classic” CDA search	Video showing a CDA news search and results viewing in Google Earth	May 2007	CDA_classic.avi
WMS Addition - Solo	Shows WMS layers being added to a GeoServer WMS map and a commercial map (google maps)	May 2007	wms_solo.avi
FEMA Rep Viz and the CDA	Show the CDA and FEMARepViz working together	May 2007	CDA_FEMARepViz.avi
Collaborative Map Creation	Shows real-time geocollaboration and shared map construction	May 2007	collaborative_map_creation.avi
2D/3D Map Links	Shows synchronization of Google Earth and Google Maps via the CDA	January 2007	Linked_3D_2D.swf
CDA Full	Video that combines “Classic” CDA search, FEMA Rep Viz and the CDA and Collaborative Map Creation videos into one video. Includes audio track giving descriptions and title slides (*Note: Compressed Version)	July 2007	cda_AV_7_07_WEB.mov

Publications/Presentations:

Informal Name	Reference	Download/View
Helsinki 2007	Tomaszewski, B. (2007). Developing geo-temporal context from implicit sources with Geovisual Analytics. ICA Commission on Visualization and Virtual Environments M.-J. Kraak, K. Virrantuas, G. Andrienko and J. Dykes, Eds. Helsinki, Finland.	Download Paper (PDF) Download Presentation (PPT)
ICC Moscow 2007	Tomaszewski, B. (2007). Cartographic and Visual Representation of Situational Information Created through Computational Extraction Procedures: Foundations for Awareness. 23rd International Cartography Conference (ICC) Moscow, Russia.	Download Paper (PDF) Download Presentation (PPT)
CONTEXT’07	Tomaszewski, B. (2007). Local Model Semantics, Categories, and External Representation: Towards a Model for Geo-historical Context. Sixth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT'07) Roskilde University, Denmark.	Download Paper (PDF) Download Presentation (PPT)
DHS Summit 2007	Tomaszewski, B. (2007). Mapping Open-Source Information to Support Crisis Management. First Annual DHS University Network Summit on Research and Education Washington, D.C.	Download Paper (PDF)