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The role of 3-D interactive visualization in blind surveys of Hi in galaxies

Upcoming Hi surveys will deliver large datasets, and automated processing using the full 3-D information (two positional dimensions and one spectral dimension) to find and characterize Hi objects is imperative. In this context, visualization is an essential tool for enabling qualitative and quantita...

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Published in:Astronomy and computing 2015-09, Vol.12, p.86-99
Main Authors: Punzo, D., van der Hulst, J.M., Roerdink, J.B.T.M., Oosterloo, T.A., Ramatsoku, M., Verheijen, M.A.W.
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Language:English
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Summary:Upcoming Hi surveys will deliver large datasets, and automated processing using the full 3-D information (two positional dimensions and one spectral dimension) to find and characterize Hi objects is imperative. In this context, visualization is an essential tool for enabling qualitative and quantitative human control on an automated source finding and analysis pipeline. We discuss how Visual Analytics, the combination of automated data processing and human reasoning, creativity and intuition, supported by interactive visualization, enables flexible and fast interaction with the 3-D data, helping the astronomer to deal with the analysis of complex sources. 3-D visualization, coupled to modeling, provides additional capabilities helping the discovery and analysis of subtle structures in the 3-D domain. The requirements for a fully interactive visualization tool are: coupled 1-D/2-D/3-D visualization, quantitative and comparative capabilities, combined with supervised semi-automated analysis. Moreover, the source code must have the following characteristics for enabling collaborative work: open, modular, well documented, and well maintained. We review four state of-the-art, 3-D visualization packages assessing their capabilities and feasibility for use in the case of 3-D astronomical data.
ISSN:2213-1337
2213-1345
DOI:10.1016/j.ascom.2015.05.004