Step-by-step workflows for DataNET, the MAGNET4WATER geospatial data platform. From finding layers in the data library through publishing your 3D models to the Observatory.
DataNET is the cross-platform geospatial data hub for MAGNET4WATER — it stores, displays, and transfers spatial data between IGW-NET, SwaNET, StormNET, and ConduitNET. These tutorials walk you through the full data lifecycle: library discovery, cross-platform transfer, 3D visualization, and publishing.
Find layers, navigate the catalog, and push data to the modeling platforms.
Find, filter, and organize data layers from webservices. Navigate by geographic region, format, environmental category, or keyword. Build a workspace, inspect layer metadata, and prepare layers for display or transfer.
Push DataNET layers (rasters, vectors, images) into the other MAGNET4WATER modeling platforms — IGW-NET, SwaNET, StormNET, ConduitNET — via WMS, WFS, and WCS webservices.
Step-by-step walkthrough of the Data Send interface for transferring data to modeling platforms. Covers WMS, WFS, and WCS transfer flows and their specific options.
Prepare layers for 3D, build data-driven models, and use the full VTK3D viewer.
Stage data layers (rasters, vectors, images) for 3D visualization within DataNET. Load from DataNET library, external web services, or local uploads. Configure symbolization before rendering.
Instantly create a default 3D data-driven model that fuses DEM, bedrock, wells, water quality, and static water levels. Then customize further for your site. Also covers sending individual data layers to VTK 3D visualization.
Full walkthrough of DataNET VTK3D: stack up to 10 data layers in 3D, change display properties, load/remove elevation data, control enclosure, plot point data, and save/publish/load VTK3D models.
Style WFS layers on the globe view and publish models to the Observatory.
Replot and restyle Cesium features (loaded from WFS vector layers) within DataNET Globe View. Customize appearance of points, polylines, and polygons to better illustrate your datasets.
Publish your 3D models to the MAGNET4WATER Observatory for discovery by other users. Browse published VTK3D, CAD3D, and Plotly 3D models from IGW-NET, SwaNET, DataNET, StormNET, and ConduitNET.
End-to-end example — Maple Creek Watershed, ND. Build a data-enabled IGW-NET groundwater model from DataNET web service layers (DEM, recharge, hydraulic conductivity, aquifer thickness) and calibrate against regional Static Water Levels.
Start-here orientation — visual tour of the DataNET home screen. Every button, menu, and toggle labeled A through K, mapped to the rest of the tutorial series.
Display DataNET WMS layers in plan view and Globe View. Toggle basemaps, drape layers onto 3D terrain with Cesium, and build multi-layer overlays (land use under, streams on top) with the Workspace.
Animate time-varying WMS (WMS-T) layers. Worked example — NEXRAD radar reflectivity across North America played back at 1-day increments. The fastest way to see storm tracks, seasonal cycles, and long-term change.
Render water-well borehole lithologies as 3D colored cylinders in Globe View. Standardized Ohio/Michigan datasets work with one toggle; custom datasets via the Borehole Data Processing tool and four-class hydrogeology mapping (Aquifer / Marginal / Partial / Confining).