Synoptic is an experimental application for visualizing weather data in an unusual way, namely in 3-D. It can be explored interactively by choosing from the weather values, e.g. average temperature, wind speed, humidity and air pressure. There is a timeline for choosing the displayed period of time. This plus changing the viewing angle via mouse dragging is the basic navigation. Roland... »

Yesterday we returned from Spain where I attended the SND Infographics World Summit at the University of Navarra in Pamplona. By “we” I mean me and 5 students from the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg in Germany. I myself graduated there a few weeks ago and was a student of Prof. Michael Stoll. One of those students I traveled with is... »