Sonar Explorer: A New Tool for Visualization of Fish Schools from 3D Sonar Data

Jean-Paul Balabanian, Ivan Viola, Egil Ona, Ruben Patel, Eduard Gröller

INPROCEEDINGS, May 2007, Norrköping, Sweden

Abstract

We present a novel framework for analysis and visualization of fish schools in 3D sonar surveys. The 3D sonar technology is new and there have not been applications to visualize the data in 3D. We have created an application called Sonar Explorer that satisfies the requirements of domain scientists. Sonar Explorer provides easy and intuitive semi-automatic fish school tracking and survey map generation. The overall pipeline is described and all pipeline stages relevant for visualization are highlighted. We present techniques to deal with 3D sonar data specifics: highly anisotropic volume data aligned on a curvilinear grid. Domain scientists provide initial impressions on interaction and outlook.

Published

Data Visualization - EuroVis 2007

Media

BibTeX

@INPROCEEDINGS{Balabanian2007,
  author = {Jean-Paul Balabanian and Ivan Viola and Egil Ona and Ruben Patel
	and Eduard Gr{\"o}ller},
  title = {Sonar Explorer: A New Tool for Visualization of Fish Schools from
	{3D} Sonar Data},
  booktitle = {Data Visualization - EuroVis 2007},
  year = {2007},
  editor = {K. Museth and T. M{\"o}ller and A. Ynnerman},
  pages = {155--162},
  month = {5},
  publisher = {Eurographics Association},
  abstract = {We present a novel framework for analysis and visualization of fish
	schools in 3D sonar surveys. The 3D sonar technology is new and there
	have not been applications to visualize the data in 3D. We have created
	an application called Sonar Explorer that satisfies the requirements
	of domain scientists. Sonar Explorer provides easy and intuitive
	semi-automatic fish school tracking and survey map generation. The
	overall pipeline is described and all pipeline stages relevant for
	visualization are highlighted. We present techniques to deal with
	3D sonar data specifics: highly anisotropic volume data aligned on
	a curvilinear grid. Domain scientists provide initial impressions
	on interaction and outlook.},
  isbn = {978-3-905673-45-6},
  location = {Norrk{\"o}ping, Sweden},  
  url = {http://www.ii.uib.no/vis/team/balabanian/publications/Balabanian2007},

}