Systems and methods for presenting descriptions of conditions with respect to a surface
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1. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising preparing first data for a graphic presentation that portrays:
- a surface having a region; and
a body separated from the surface, a projection of the body onto the surface defining the region, wherein a graphic feature of the body is in accordance with second data associated with the region.
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Abstract
Systems and methods present descriptions of conditions with respect to a surface by preparing and displaying a graphic presentation that includes a perspective view of the surface and at least one body apart from the surface. A graphic feature of the body is in accordance with a condition to be displayed. Applications include the display of lightning density over a surface of the earth.
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1. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising preparing first data for a graphic presentation that portrays:
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a surface having a region; and
a body separated from the surface, a projection of the body onto the surface defining the region, wherein a graphic feature of the body is in accordance with second data associated with the region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
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accessing first indicia of identification of a plurality of locations relative to a surface;
accessing a respective value in accordance with each location of the plurality of locations to provide a plurality of values; and
preparing data for use by a provided display process, the data describing a first graphic representation in accordance with at least a subset of the plurality of values, wherein the display process, in response to the data, displays the first graphic representation a distance from a provided representation of the surface, and distinguishes the subset as a projection of the first graphic representation onto the surface. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
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accessing first data describing a region of a surface, the surface further comprising a second portion not within the region;
accessing second data describing a condition with respect to the region; and
preparing third data for use by a provided display process, the third data describing a first graphic representation in accordance with the first data and the second data, wherein the display process, in response to the third data, displays the surface in a perspective view, displays the region visually distinct from the second portion of the surface, and displays the first graphic representation in perspective view at a distance away from the surface.
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23. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
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accessing first data describing a first graphic representation in accordance with a condition with respect to a surface; and
combining the first data with second data describing the surface to provide third data, the third data for use by a provided display process, wherein the display process, in response to the third data, displays the surface in a perspective view, and displays the first graphic representation in perspective view at a distance away from the surface.
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24. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
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forming a graphic presentation that describes a plurality of lightning discharges above ground, the presentation including indicia of an in-cloud lightning discharge at an atmospheric location and including a ground surface onto which the location is projected;
whereinthe presentation is in accordance with a reference time;
each lightning discharge of the plurality has an age relative to the reference time; and
a color of a pixel of the graphic presentation is determined by combining overlapping lightning discharges of the plurality in further accordance with the respective ages of each overlapping lightning discharge to be combined. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising forming a graphic presentation that describes a plurality of lightning discharges, the plurality comprising discharges above ground and discharges to ground, each discharge above ground having a respective location as projected onto the ground, each discharge to ground having a respective location at the ground, each discharge having a respective age, the presentation including a plurality of pixels, each pixel corresponding to a location, each pixel having a color in accordance with a total quantity of discharges of the plurality at the pixel location and having a transparency in accordance with the respective age of each discharge of the total quantity at the pixel location.
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29. A method performed by one or more processors, the method comprising forming a graphic presentation that describes a plurality of lightning discharges, the plurality comprising discharges above ground and discharges to ground, each discharge above ground having a respective location as projected onto the ground, each discharge to ground having a respective location at the ground, each discharge having a respective age, the presentation including a plurality of pixels, each pixel corresponding to a location, each pixel having a color in accordance with a quantity of discharges to ground of the plurality at the pixel location and having a transparency in accordance with the respective age of each discharge of the total quantity at the pixel location.
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