Software Overview:
Interface

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Interface to Data

WorldWatcher provides users with diagrammatic interfaces for accessing data. These interfaces can take the form of schematic diagrams that graphically display the relationships among variables. Such an interface can help students to understand the meanings of variable names and their interrelations (e.g., incoming solar energy and earth-atmosphere reflectivity). Users can create their own diagrammatic interfaces as part of the process of creating new data collections.

The Interface to Energy Balance data in WorldWatcher.

The interface to Human and Physical Geography data in WorldWatcher

Notes & Annotation

Users can annotate visualizations with a grease pen feature, record notes in annotation windows, and create dynamic WorldWatcher documents with a notebook feature. The notebook supports text, multimedia, and "hot" links to specific visualizations. Notebooks are simple and easy to use, offering an easily adaptable environment for teachers to design and disseminate activities, and for students to create projects or record their progress.

[Introduction] [Visualization] [Interface]
[Data] [Download WorldWatcher]