Some interesting presentations this morning on visualization and modeling as they can be applied in GIS.  See:

Check out http://vissim.uwf.edu/   This is a growing library of public domain shape models.  "This website offers access to a new hierarchical data structure that allows the efficient storage of natural and man-made feature data for use in a multitude of both manual and computerized Mapping, Charting & Geodesy systems."


Also, interesting visualizations at http://www.redlands.edu/x12556.xml 

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