Earth History Visualization

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2009 ~ Present | Geologic TimeScale Foundation, International Commission on Stratigraphy (subcommission for Stratigraphic Information)

Earth History Visualization

Goals

Building on the past Purdue-developed "TimeScale Creator" visualization system for Earth history, and brainstorm new resources which further the global mission of the nternational Comission on Stratigraphy.

Issues Involved or Addressed

Data visualization; User Interaface design; Web design; Java development

Methods and Technologies

  • PHP
  • MySQL
  • HTML
  • Java
  • GD
  • Linux

Academic Majors of Interest

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Geology

Preferred Interests and Preparation

Enthusiasm to tackle innovative creative projects.
Some background in JAVA, JAVA-SCRIPT, and/or PERL is useful; but not required if one is interested to quickly learn.

Team Advisors

Prof. James Ogg
Mr. Aaron Ault

Sponsor(s)

Geologic TimeScale Foundation, International Commission on Stratigraphy (subcommission for Stratigraphic Information)

Team Institutions