Visualization Tools

Students and researchers can explore the Arctic in a variety of ways.

SwathViewer Internet Map Server

SwathViewer is a Java application optimized for viewing image data at scales from global 20 km pixel resolutions down to high resolution 1 meter photography pixels. Users start with the Blue Marble of the Earth and can define and rotate windows, zoom in to the area of their interest, then overlay GIS information.

• SwathViewer
• Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
  (includes Bioclimate Subzones, Floristic Provinces, Substrate Chemistry, Landscape, Vegetation Units, and Treeline)

 

GINA Internet Map Server

GINA Map Server, based on ESRI's ArcIMS, delivers dynamic maps and GIS products via the web, including data sharing between multiple sites. Access GIS data to create custom maps and perform GIS analyses.

• GINA
• Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map
  (includes Bioclimate Subzones, Floristic Provinces, Substrate Chemistry, Elevation, and other CAVM map layers)

 

Quicktime Movies

QuickTime is software that allows Mac and Windows users to play back audio and video on their computers. Both movies listed below were made from Terra Explorer flyovers of the Circumpolar Arctic Vegetation Map.

• Download Quicktime: Mac - Windows
• CAVM bioclimate subzones: Simulated color image
• CAVM bioclimate subzones: Terrain background