Collaborative visual data navigation on the Web

2D and 3D visualization technologies developed for the Web are taking the world by storm. Companies now see the Internet/intranet and the Web as key mechanisms for distributing information internally and among their customers. With the evolution of standard Web-based visualization components, the opportunity to provide interactive electronic documents has become practicable. The author of a scientific, engineering or business analysis, can distribute electronic documents with embedded interactive 3D visualization viewers to colleagues. This paper shows how to deliver interactive visual data navigation in an electronic document through the Web based on Microsoft's ActiveX/COM industry standard.