Spatial Data Management System

Abstract

This fourth quarter of work on the design and implementation of a prototype Spatial Data Management System (SDMS) resulted in the first operational version of the system. The bulk of this effort was devoted to constructing the mechanism through which a user can create, modify, and view an image plane. An image plane is a flat surface upon which a user can store information. As that surface may be considerably larger than the display screen, the SDMS provides a window which can be moved over that surface in order to view parts of it. As the window is moved, the window's position is indicated on an auxiliary screen which serves as a navigational aid containing a map of the entire image plane. This implementation of SDMS at CCA is the first such system to integrate the I-Space creation and viewing operations so that a user can create and modify a database without the need of a skilled computer professional.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1978
Accession Number
ADA068863

Entities

People

  • Christopher F. Herot
  • David Kramlich
  • Jerry Farrell
  • Mark Friedell
  • Richard Carling

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Color Displays
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Directories
  • Display Systems
  • Floods
  • Grids
  • Language
  • Navigational Aids
  • Navigators
  • New York
  • Operating Systems
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Relational Databases
  • Video

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computer Science.
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Space