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Poster accepted to the Australian Science Communication Conference 2014 Abstract: EarthSci is a powerful new tool for visualising earth science datasets in four dimensions. This 'Virtual Earth'-style software platform was originally developed by Geoscience Australia to assist its researchers describe, understand and present their findings. As demand for accessible data visualisation has increased, the tool has been redeveloped to increase its stability, useability and flexibility as a presentation and promotional tool. Importantly, EarthSci allows underground features such as groundwater, stratigraphy, mineral systems and faults to be visualised together with surface features such as topography, land cover and satellite data. Presenting them together in a single visualisation environment enables powerful stories about the history, evolution and geophysical construction of our continent to be told. This ability makes EarthSci stand out from other virtual globe environments. The latest version of the tool is designed to be shared, with features that support the visualisation of many different data formats, an in-built animation function that enables fly-throughs to be generated from within the tool and a presentation mode that enables journeys through the virtual globe environment to be constructed. Due to be launched in the first half of 2014, EarthSci is a fully customisable software package that is freely open to developers in any field. Geoscience Australia welcomes collaboration with all those who may be interested in extending its use as a scientific, communication and visualisation tool.
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Abstract created for poster to be presented at the Australian Science Communication Confererence 2014
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