DocumentCode
2530614
Title
How digital earth is visualizing the power sector worldwide
Author
Meisen, Philipp ; Hammons, T.
Author_Institution
Global Energy Network Inst., San Diego, CA
fYear
2008
fDate
20-24 July 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE
Conference_Location
Pittsburgh, PA
ISSN
1932-5517
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1905-0
Electronic_ISBN
1932-5517
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PES.2008.4596042
Filename
4596042
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