Marsis Radar: geographical visualization tool requirements

Abstract

The Geographical Visualization Tool (GVT) was designed in order to access different kind of information related to the mission and display them in different formats, with intensive graphical outputs. The aim of the application is that to be a data merging (fusion utility) to optimize the planning process and the scientific exploitation phase of MARSIS data. The design modularity should allow the addition of future functionalities particularly envisioning additional requirements from the science community and the requirements of forthcoming missions (like MRO/Sharad). The GVT can do also simple elaboration of the data before their graphical visualization. In conclusion, the GVT is a flexible and modular software that allows the utilization of other mission data.