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From: irizarry@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Gil Irizarry)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Diplaying data...
Message-ID: <4007@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 10 Mar 88 19:16:10 GMT
Reply-To: irizarry@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Gil Irizarry)
Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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I have a question for the group:

Suppose I have a bunch of data for groundwater on a certain planet
(say Mars).  Say the data consists of two numbers for every square
meter of ground, on number representing concentration of the water, and
the other representing the depth at which the water is found.  What is
the best way to display this data?

Suppose we want to project the planet's surface onto a Mercator map.
Someone suggested that we can display water depth as a color
(blue - near surf , red - very deep) and concentration a intensity of
this color.  I think this will not look too readable, but
we haven't actually tried it yet.  Can anyone think of a better 
way, or is this the best.  Note that we need to see that whole planet,
or at least a very large part, at one time.          

You can either e-mail or post the responses.

Thanks in advance.

-- 
Gil Irizarry					BS CS '89
irizarry@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.ARPA	       	Cornell University  
irizarry@cnrlthry.bitnet       
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