Interactive Aids for Cartography and Photo Interpretation

Abstract

The ARPA Image Understanding Project at SRI has the scientific goal of investigating and developing ways in which diverse sources of knowledge may be used to interpret images automatically. The research is focused on the specific problems entailed in interpreting aerial photographs for cartographic and intelligence purposes. A key concept is the use of a generalized digital map to guide the process of image interpretation. In the past six months, the components developed under this project have been integrated into a single system, known as Hawkeye. The system includes modules for handling a large knowledge base in the form of a semantic net and terrain data files for using a raster-scan display and graphics tablets, for running task-specific subsystems, and for communicating with the user via graphics and in English.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049768

Entities

People

  • Harry G. Barrow

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Photographs
  • Cartography
  • Computer Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Digital Images
  • Digital Maps
  • Geographic Regions
  • Grammars
  • Graphics
  • Hash Tables
  • Language
  • Maps
  • Operating Systems
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Photographs

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  • Theoretical Analysis.