Title :
How digital earth is visualizing the power sector worldwide
Author :
Meisen, Philipp ; Hammons, T.
Author_Institution :
Global Energy Network Inst., San Diego, CA
Abstract :
GIS is a powerful tool for modeling geographic networks such as electric grids, rail and telecom networks. Yet network and geographic space are significantly different and often points that are close to each other in geographic space are far from each other in network space, and vice versa.
Keywords :
electric power generation; geographic information systems; GIS; digital earth; electric grids; geographic networks; power sector visualization; rail networks; telecom networks; Computer displays; Data visualization; Earth; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Paper technology; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power generation; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Pittsburgh, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1905-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1932-5517
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2008.4596042
