@inproceedings{165252e75b4441098748e735f51a4b59,
title = "Exploratory visualization of astronomical data on ultra-high-resolution wall displays",
abstract = "Ultra-high-resolution wall displays feature a very high pixel density over a large physical surface, which makes them well-suited to the collaborative, exploratory visualization of large datasets. We introduce FITS-OW, an application designed for such wall displays, that enables astronomers to navigate in large collections of FITS images, query astronomical databases, and display detailed, complementary data and documents about multiple sources simultaneously. We describe how astronomers interact with their data using both the wall's touchsensitive surface and handheld devices. We also report on the technical challenges we addressed in terms of distributed graphics rendering and data sharing over the computer clusters that drive wall displays.",
keywords = "Astronomical database queries, FITS images, Large datasets, Ultra-walls, Visualization",
author = "Emmanuel Pietriga and {Del Campo}, Fernando and Amanda Ibsen and Romain Primet and Caroline Appert and Olivier Chapuis and Maren Hempel and Roberto Mu{\~n}oz and Susana Eyheramendy and Andres Jordan and Herv{\'e} Dole",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.; Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV ; Conference date: 26-06-2016 Through 30-06-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1117/12.2231191",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Gianluca Chiozzi and Guzman, {Juan C.}",
booktitle = "Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV",
}