Servir Viz’s features
When geospatial information is remotely hosted at different locations, the aim of having just 1 access point to disseminate, share and visualize this data is indeed a great challenge. The challenge becomes greater when you come to know that data is spread across 8 countries that speak multiple languages and also have limited infrastructure. The data also needs to be accessed by different end users that range from tech savvy Ph.D.s to government officials to general public. Servir Viz is the right answer to this challenge. In Spanish “Servir” literally means, “to serve”.
Servir Viz is the monitoring and regional visualization system for Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica is a region that extends from Panama to southern Mexico including El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala. Servir Viz that is developed by the institute for application of geospatial technology is very easy to use and is available for free. Servir Viz is commonly used for distributing GIS data, remote sensing imagery, region specific maps, and also other scientific data product.
The information provided by Servir Viz is very helpful to decision makers. The software makes use of satellite imagery for environmental management, natural disaster mitigation, and monitoring support in the Mesoamerican region. Servir Viz is supported by NASA is an extremely popular software. Servir Viz provides enhanced mapping and also 3D visualization capabilities. The improved capacity of Servir Viz helps decision makers in better addressing and understanding the ecological and environmental issues in Mesoamerica.
This customized free version of NASA's web enabled tool allows users to view and share remotely hosted maps and data layers. This 3D exploration tool enables users to employ certain custom tools in a 3D interactive environment. Servir Viz provides access to GEOSS (global earth observation system of systems) data products and other GIS data products. The GEOSS data is properly organized by topic and includes themed areas such as ecology, disaster, climate, ocean, and weather. The main aim of GEOSS is to accomplish sustained, coordinated, and comprehensive observations of Earth system to increase understanding of various Earth processes and to improve monitoring of state of Earth.
GEOSS data that is within Servir Viz can also be made transparent, overlaid, and animated. By changing layer transparency and overlaying multiple data sets, these data products can also be used for monitoring complex interactions. An example of such is prediction of catastrophic events such as landslides. This can be easily achieved by overlaying forecasted and accumulated precipitation data over the locations that have heavily sloped terrain for identifying areas where landslides can occur. Applications like these give information on time to decision makers during the critical events.
Much of the data within this satellite program is provided by the Servir partner countries. Servir Viz is interoperable fully with NASA World Wind and it can be used with numerous add-ons and plug-ins that are available through NASA World Wind support sites. Therefore, if you want to extend the functionality of Servir Viz then you must make use of these add-ons and plug ins.
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