DIAL
Dial description
Posted April 23rd, 2007 by Bruce CaronThe Data and Information Application Layer (DIAL) ACCESS project uses plug-in technology to add NASA data visualization and access tools to the Adobe Director™ multimedia application authoring environment. This means that, with a little additional work, stand-alone data-rich applications can be authored as easily as any other software authored using Director™.
DIAL PROJECT MAIN PAGE
Posted March 30th, 2007 by Bruce Caron in
Welcome to the DIAL project!
One this site we will be blogging and commenting and basically providing all the information you need to learn if DIAL data-rich multimedia authoring is right for your needs.
DIAL IS:
A powerful and quick technology to build data-rich user interfaces on top of current and proposed NASA server-side and middle-ware data services.
Funded by NASA ACCESS CA: NNX06AB08A September, 2006
Project PI: Bruce Caron bruce AT nmri.org
Project Technical lead: Marty Landsfeld marty AT nmri.org
DIAL Workshop 2008: UNH
Posted February 20th, 2008 by Bruce CaronThe 2008 DIAL workshop will be held in conjunction with the ESIP Federation Summer Meeting.
When: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Where:
University of New Hampshire
United States
View the: ESIP Meeting Page
Who can attend: Please contact Bruce Caron [bruce AT NMRI.org] for information about attending this workshop.
This ONE DAY workshop will cover the basics of how to apply DIAL technologies to develop stand-alone, data-rich software applications. The DIAL technology is described below:
The workshop will cover the code resources that are available and the remaining coding required to customize the authoring environment for your data distribution needs.
The Morning Session will cover an overview of the technology, and hands on with existing modules and prototype applications. The Afternoon Session will be a "Create an Application" from parts supplied, and a discussion about individual needs for further shared code and GUI resources.
For more information please contact Bruce Caron [bruce AT NMRI.org]
DIAL NO2 Data Desktop Explorer: Credits
The DIAL NO2 Data Desktop Explorer is an outcome of the NASA funded DIAL ACCESS Project (NNX06AB08A).
DATA Resources: Courtesy of NASA and the EPA
DATA Resource Services: Courtesy of NASA AURA Science team at Goddard, and the DATAFed REASON project.
Viewer Programming in IDL and Lingo/JavaScript: Martin Landsfeld
User Interface Design: Bruce Caron and Martin Landsfeld
User Interface Graphics: Hajime Narahara
User Interface Usabillity: Bruce Caron
The Explorer was built at the New Media Research Center of the New Media Studio in Santa Barbara, CA.
DIAL NO2 Data Desktop Explorer: Data Resources and Links
The Data Desktop Explorer uses Data from NASA and the EPA.
The OMI NO2 data sets are from the NASA Goddard OMI science team:
EOS Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) OMNO2 Level 3 Data
The EPA AQS datasets are from the DataFed service:
Information about these datasets are available from the websites listed above.
DIAL NO2 Desktop Data Explorer Prototype
Posted October 17th, 2007 by Bruce Caron in
The NO2 Desktop Data Explorer Prototype will allow NASA and EPA professionals to browse the available NO2 data for the US and request the features that decision makers need to use these data in their workplaces.
The Data Explorer uses OMI NO2 data from the Goddard Data Pool, and updated data from the DataFed. In the future these will be suplemented by other NO2 column data (GOME, etc.) and EPA ground sensor data sets (to be determined).
Client Side Technology Infusion Working Group
Posted September 27th, 2007 by Bruce CaronThe Client Side Technology Infusion Working Group is looking at issues of data access, analysis, and display in the world outside the Internet browser environment. Today, as it was ten years ago, probably 95% of the scientists who use NASA/NOAA (etc.) data sets do so with commercial software products such as Matlab, IDL, ENVI, or ARCgis.
NASA ACCESS DIAL Project Technology Real-Time ZACA Fire Animation
Posted September 27th, 2007 by Bruce Caron
Started July 4, the Zaca fire burned for nearly two months before it was contained on September 2, 2007. Nearby Santa Barbara City residents watched and waited while this, the largest fire in the history of the county (240,207 acres total), moved ever closer to the inhabited front country. As firefighters battled, NASA's MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program captured the active burn area several times a day. At the end of August, with towering heat clouds in the sky and ash covering the ground in Santa Barbara City, ACCESS DIAL project technical lead, Marty Landsfeld, noticed satellite data images in the local papers and determined that an animation of the progression of the fire would help inform the population. In one afternoon, using the DIAL technology, he was able to assemble an animation of 104 MODIS data images, including their date and time information. On August 28, the Zaca Fire NASA Data Animation was hosted on the web at NASA Zaca fire data animation.
DIAL Air Quality Smart Client Initiative
Posted September 21st, 2007 by Bruce Caron in
The DIAL project is working with the ESIP Air Quality Working Group to develop model smart clients to access, visualize, and analyze air quality data. If you have an air quality data access need, please email Bruce Caron at bruce_at_tnms.org.
Photos from the DIAL 2007 Workshop
Posted September 14th, 2007 by Bruce Caron
The DIAL Project 2007 Workshop was held at the Summer ESIP Federation meeting in Madison Wisconsin. Participants from NASA labs, universities, and museums learned how DIAL authoring tools can put real data into easy to use software applications.
The DIAL 2007 Workshop Image Gallery shows the group hard at work.