Abstract
Animate Hurricanes in ArcIMS Track: New Technology and System Integration Author(s): Stephen Hodge, Georgianna Strode ArcIMS can be combined with an external database using Java to produce weather animations. In this presentation, animations were created of hurricane paths and wind speeds for a historical hurricane tracking database, which contains data from 1851 to the present. On an interactive map, the user can choose any storm in the database and see both the track and intensity of the storm. The icon used to depict the storm track changes color according to the intensity of the storm at any particular location, so the user can see not only where the storm went, but also how strong it was along its track. This information can be very useful from both a research and educational standpoint, and the visual presentation of the data enables communication to the user in a far more informative manner than is present in a standard database file. Stephen Hodge Florida State University UC2200 Florida State University Tallahassee , FL 32306 US Phone: 850-644-2882 E-mail: shodge@admin.fsu.edu Georgianna Strode Florida State University FREAC C2200 University Center Tallahassee , FL 32306 US Phone: 850.644.5886 E-mail: gstrode@admin.fsu.edu |
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