Virtual Australia:

Evidential Data Management and Streaming 3D Visualisation for Vast Urban Models'

Richard.Simpson@nextspace.co.nz

Grand father of Digital Earth

…to present the

known world as

one and

continuous, to

describe its

nature and

position . . .

(Geographike Uphegesis, Ptolemy) 110 AD

More elaborate detail showing ‘Wagon dwellers’

traversing the Silk Road route

1569, Mercator's projection of the world

Orthaleus/Barbuda (1570) Hondius / Mercator (1633)

‘Mind Map’ to ‘Grid Map’

Captain James Cook-

New Zealand - 1772

Cook’s Chronometer

Auckland Auckland –– 1886 (George Treacy Stephens)1886 (George Treacy Stephens)

Rediscovery of a lost stream in

Auckland, New Zealand

Parnell Heritage Society, New Zealand

Auckland’s sunlight and environmental performance control. Stain glass window approach enabled Visualisations within visualisations of sunlight performance and impacts.By Cadabra/ Simpson (1988)

Auckland’s skyline form was defined by this initiative

A new Political force was

born….

Concept ANZAC Centenary Bridge

www.bridge2015.org.nz

Debating ‘Better’ futures ….

Addressing Global concerns

“..The Digital Earth Summit is timely. There is a

growing feeling that we are at an important cross

roads of our planet’s history.

We are facing very challenging global issues, from

the threat of change to our ecosystem, to a

reduction in our biodiversity, the fast depletion of

finite resources, and the rise of so many mega

cities. Integrated data management can help us

meet those challenges...”

Prime Minister Helen Clark - Digital Earth 2006

Mega-initiatives and scalesSpatial Scale Temporal Scale

Digital Earth From atomic scale to the size of the earth

1016

From microsecond events (eg. Brownian motion) to age of the earth

1022

Physiome Diameter of an ion channel to scale of a human body

109

From microsecond events (eg. Ion channel gating) to human lifespan

1015

Human Genome The human genome has 30,000 genes, each with 3000 bp containing 1000 amino acids.

108

From atomic events to protein synthesis

105

20,000

genes60,000+proteins

12 organ

systems

1

body

200+ cell

types

4 tissue

types

Genome/Transcriptome/Metabolome/Proteome

Adapted from Hunter, PJ and Borg, TK. Integration from proteins to organs: The Physiome Project. Nature Reviews Molec & Cell Biol. 4:237-243, 2003

Physiome

1

Earth

Digital Earth

195

Nations200+

ecozones

Health and disease management

Education and trainingRisk AssessmentEnvironment al protectionSustainable DevelopmentCommunity Development

Food SecurityAgriculture and soilsLand use and land coverInternational cooperationCapacity building

HumanitarianDisaster ManagementSocial ServicesTransport networks

Community dialoguesSecurity and defenseE-Governance MeteorologyHeritage

Museums and public outreachEvacuation planning and managementClimate management and prediction

Hazard Management…….

GenBankEMBL, DDBJ

TIGR

dbEST

dSTS

PIR

SwissProt

Prosite

PDB

SCOPs

DNA

RNA

Protein

Structure

TissueML

FieldML

AnatML

OMIN, Medline PubMed

SNPbase, …

CellML Cell

Organ

Organ

System

Whole

Organism

Tissue

Genome

Circulatory system Respiratory systemMusculo-skeletal system

Skin (integument)Digestive systemCentral nervous system Endocrine system

Lymphoid systemMale reproductive system Female reproductive system Special sense organs

Physiome

Digital Earth

Geography

Markup Language

(GML) and KML

Coordinate

Transformation

(CT)

Catalogue Services

(CAT)

Features

CoordinateMapping

3D

Metadat

a

CityML

Sensor

sSensorML

Molecular medicineEnergy sources and environmental applicationsRisk assessment

Bioarchaeology, anthropology, evolution, and human migrationDNA forensics (identification)AgricultureLivestock breeding

Bioprocessing

Robust Science & Repeating

Patterns

About Nextspace

• 3D visualisation industry catalyst and technology developer

• Global thought leadership in the application of 3D visualisation

• Founding partners:

Boeing 777 = 27 Terabyte dataset, 3,000 engineers online 24x7, 16 servers, over 100 file

formats

Visual City•Smart Infrastructure

•Engaging Communities

•Saving Water

•Saving Energy

•Reducing Cost•Reducing Carbon Footprint

Post-CAD Post-GIS

DatabaseDatabase

Visualisation Visualisation

Evidential Data Management (5D)

Plant ManagementManufacture TransportTelco

Electric

Water

Utilities

City Planning

ConsultationConsenting

Architecture

3D Evidential

Clearinghouse

(ECHO)

City’s Operational Systems(GIS, CAD, WMS, DMS, SCADA

etc)

Generic Visualisation Tools

Curating Tools

Conditioning

Engines

Deriving

Engines

Inspection

Consultation

Validation

Capture

Catalogue

Bidding

Decision Support

Learning

Home

Process Operation

Raw Data

Operational Data

Enhanced

Operational Data

Derived

Strategic &

Tactical Data

for Visualisation Enhanced

Strategic &

Tactical Data

Research

Spatio-temporal clouds of

certainty

Why 3D …..why not 3D !

• Communication – reduce ambiguity

• Validation

• Calibration

• Certification (Inspection)

• Informing – learning and assessment

• Completeness for modelling

• Sentient Infrastructure –self aware

• Change tracking

• Simulation - input and output

• Support emerging dynamisms

• Raw data increasingly sourced in 3D ……

Visual City•Smart Infrastructure•Engaging Communities

•Saving Water

•Saving Energy

•Reducing Cost

•Reducing Carbon Footprint

An interactive forum for debate

Auckland Council – Spatial Plan

An interactive forum for debate

An interactive forum for debate

An interactive forum for debate

More robust consultation

http://www.youtube.com/nextspacenz#p/a/u/0/NBD2QWyBvlg

Predefine

GridSpy

Building

Information

Model

(BIM)

CyberCIty - Ecocity

Streamline consenting services

Evidence Driven Decision making

Mayor Len Brown and Vice Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon view stereoscopic visualisation of Christchurch’s earthquakes at Nextspace-IESE Visualisation

Centre, University of Auckland. Realtime scientific foundation for greater

evidence driven spatial planning.

3D Catchment View .

3D Property View – for home owner,

inspectors,3D Operations View

Automated derivative generation

Tree roots and services (3D pipes parametrically generated from GIS).

Viewing on site with iPad – facilitation for Augmented Reality applications.

Visual Water- South East Water (Melbourne) - Nextspace

Smarter Infrastructure

Making the invisible visible

Rock data evidentially amalgamated from geomorphology , borehole, GPR etc.

Making the intangible tangible

Auckland Council – Spatial Plan Spider Map

Multi-Metaphors + Multi-Dimensions

http://www.nextspace.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Visual-Water-White-

Tracing the Urban Water Cycle

Extending the 5 human senses

Drone Data Capture

Sensors

Deep borehole seismology - sensor array under Eden Park

IESE University of Auckland

Monocular Cues for 3D form

• Motion Parallax

• Kinetic depth perception

• Perspective

• Relative size

• Familiar size

• Light scattering by the atmosphere

• Focal accommodation

• Occlusion

• Curvilinear perspective (fisheye lens)

• Texture gradient

• Lighting and shading

• Defocus blur

Binocular Cues

• Retinal binocular disparity

• Convergence

• Shadow Stereopsis

Building Human Super Senses

Blurring the Physical and Digital

metap

hors

patterns

data

processe

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mod

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Building the digital ecology

Data Vaue Chain

metap

hors

patterns

data

processe

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Nodes of engagement

metap

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patterns

data

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data

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SCIENCE

CITIZENRY

GOVERNANCE

metap

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patterns

data

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STANDARDS, STANDARDS,

BENCHMARKINGBENCHMARKING

& PROTOCOL& PROTOCOL

ORGANISATIONSORGANISATIONS

RESEARCH

CENTRES

NGOs &NGOs &

GOVERNMENTSGOVERNMENTS

SOFTWARE, DEVICE &

DATA PROVIDERS

Evaluation &refinement

Evolving ecology of Technology, Science, Digital Content, and Policy

patterns p

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Feasibility Prototypes

metap

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data

Feasibility Prototypes

patterns

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data

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Functional Prototypes

patterns p

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knowledge

metap

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data

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Integrated Systems

patterns p

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mod

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metap

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data

Evidence driven

Systems

metap

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patterns

data

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Industry peak bodies & Research themes

Data Cities Research Alliance

Government + Councils +Utilities

Contestable Innovation Investment

Core Platform

Investment

Economic Return

Asset

Private Sector

Research

Sector

Contest with consortiums

Data

Cycle

Commerce

Cycle

Actions• Now (Plan)

– Embrace Virtual Australia vision

– Identify key themes and organisations

– Secure initial funding for platform and knowledge transfer

– Identify prototypes to inform

• Next (Synthesis)– Build feasibility protoypes

– Build functional prototypes

– Build scientific research forums

– Build initial platform

• After Next (Evaluate and Prescribe)– Policies and Regulations – Demand side Management

– Enhance prescriptive elements (simulation and cognition)

– Evaluate and refine

– Socialise, socialialise, socialise….

Digital Earth SummitWellington, New Zealand

2- 5th September 2012

Thank you

Richard.Simpson@nextspace.co.nz

www.nextspace.co.nz