DocumentCode :
447408
Title :
Photo-realistic Terrain Modeling and Visualization for Mars Exploration Rover Science Operations
Author :
Edwards, Laurence ; Sims, Michael ; Kunz, Clayton ; Lees, David ; Bowman, Judd
Author_Institution :
NASA Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, CA
Volume :
2
fYear :
2005
fDate :
12-12 Oct. 2005
Firstpage :
1389
Lastpage :
1395
Abstract :
Modern NASA planetary exploration missions employ complex systems of hardware and software managed by large teams of engineers and scientists in order to study remote environments. The most complex and successful of these recent projects is the Mars Exploration Rover mission. The Computational Sciences Division at NASA Ames Research Center delivered a 3D visualization program, Viz, to the MER mission that provides an immersive, interactive environment for science analysis of the remote planetary surface. In addition, Ames provided the Athena Science Team with high-quality terrain reconstructions generated with the Ames Stereo-pipeline. The on-site support team for these software systems responded to unanticipated opportunities to generate 3D terrain models during the primary MER mission. This paper describes Viz, the Stereo-pipeline, and the experiences of the on-site team supporting the scientists at JPL during the primary MER mission
Keywords :
Mars; astronomy computing; data visualisation; graphical user interfaces; image reconstruction; planetary rovers; software packages; solid modelling; stereo image processing; surface reconstruction; terrain mapping; Ames Stereo-pipeline; MER mission; Mars Exploration Rover science operations; NASA planetary exploration missions; Viz 3D visualization program; computer vision; photo-realistic 3D terrain modeling; software package; stereo correlation; surface reconstruction; virtual reality; Automatic speech recognition; Data visualization; Environmental management; Image reconstruction; Mars; NASA; Robots; Software tools; Space technology; Surface reconstruction; Visualization; computer vision; simulation; software architectures; stereo correlation; surface reconstruction; virtual reality;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9298-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.2005.1571341
Filename :
1571341
Link To Document :
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