This article presents a newly developed Web portal called VisIVOWeb that aims to provide the astrophysical community with powerful visualization tools for large-scale data sets in the context of Web 2.0. VisIVOWeb can effectively handle modern numerical simulations and real-world observations. Our open-source software is based on established visualization toolkits offering high-quality rendering algorithms. The underlying data management is discussed with the supported visualization interfaces and movie-making functionality. We introduce VisIVOWeb Network, a robust network of customized Web portals for visual discovery, and VisIVOWeb Connect, a lightweight and efficient solution for seamlessly connecting to existing astrophysical archives. A significant effort has been devoted for ensuring interoperability with existing tools by adhering to IVOA standards. We conclude with a summary of our work and a discussion on future developments.
@article{arxiv.1107.3053,
title = {VisIVOWeb: A WWW Environment for Large-Scale Astrophysical Visualization},
author = {A. Costa and U. Becciani and P. Massimino and M. Krokos and G. Caniglia and C. Gheller and A. Grillo and F. Vitello},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3053},
year = {2015}
}