INTERACTING WITH 17 TH CENTURY FORTRESSES ON DARDANELLES THROUGH WEB-BASED GEO-VISUALIZATION

D modeling of the real-world and the real-phenomena presents opportunities of scientific exploration and visualization that are not possible in 2D. Additionally some information is best experienced three dimensionally such as documentation and research of historical sites and structures. Typically these types of applications require intensive interaction, animation, and user participation and exploration beyond what is capable with a page-, text-, or image-based format. The paper presents "GeoHistoryVirtualInterface" as an interactive geo-visualization component of the GIS project of "life history of the fortresses" and its approach to query, modify and interact with geographic data model and database, "GeoHistoryRepository". Furthermore, the paper examines how VRML, JAVA, EAI, CGI and GUI technologies are applied to design and implementation of 3D GIS on WWW environment.