Using VRML as an Interface to the 3D Data Warehouse

In its current state, VRML does not provide support for interaction and on-line access to databases, even though these are two fundamental issues for business applications. We have created GOOVI-3D, a prototype system that provides access and interaction with a 3-D spatial database over the WWW. GOOVI3D is implemented in Java and VRML using CORBA for accessing the data warehouse. In an urban planning application, GOOVI-3D is used to interact with 3-D models of the city of Frankfurt. Based on the experience with GOOVI-3D, we propose two lightweight extensions of VRML that can make the development of business applications much easier: An integrated name dictionary management and a SQL node. CR Categories and Subject Descriptors: H.3.3 [Information Search and Retrieval]: interactive query formulation; H.4 [Information Systems Applications]: Geographic Information Systems, GIS; I.3.6 [Methodology and Techniques]: Languages, VRML; I.3.7 [Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism]: Virtual Rea...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: VRML
• Authors: Volker Coors, Volker Jung
• Keywords: 3-D Spatial Database, Business Applications, Internet Technology, VRML, VRML 1998