[DUSELScience] 3D Visualization at the Minneapolis DUSEL Meeting

[Dean Peterson]

Dear Colleagues,

As a member of the organization committee for the Minneapolis DUSEL S-1 
Collaboration Workshop, I am inviting all DUSEL site advocates to bring to 
the meeting digital 3D visualization files for informal presentations (did 
not make the agenda) of the geology and/or conceptual designs of their 
DUSEL site on a GeoWall (see http://geowall.geo.lsa.umich.edu/)  I believe 
that all participants at the Minneapolis meeting would learn a lot on what 
a DUSEL could truly look like, and the possible science that could be 
completed at each site by using this visualization technology at the workshop.

At Soudan, we have followed the strongly suggested recommendation in the 
EarthLab document that all data be incorporated in the geological & 
visualization software package called gOcad (see 
http://gocad.org/sommaire.php3).  This software package can be projected on 
a silver screen in true 3D (if the viewers are wearing polarized 3D 
glasses) using technology developed by the GeoWall Consortium.

Advocates that may be willing to present 3D visualizations of their 
respective sites are asked to contact me about setting up the GeoWall 
computer with their respective software.

Cheers and see you in Minneapolis,

Dean


Dean M. Peterson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Economic Geology Group
Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
Assistant Professor, Adjunct
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Minnesota, Duluth
5013 Miller Trunk Highway
Duluth, MN 55811
Phone: (218) 720-4393
Fax: (218) 720-4329
Email: dpeters1 at nrri.umn.edu