IAF Geographic Data Processing System.
Abstract
The objective of this report was to design and develop a comprehensive digital landmass system (DLMS) digitizing/processing system and a DLMS processing support subsystem to acquire and organize terrain and planimetric data into a common digital landmass data bank. The project maintained a twofold purpose. The first was to identify the best hardware and software components and integrate then into an efficient cartographic digitizing and editing subsystem aimed at supporting the creation of digital cartographic feature files. These files were sufficiently described to permit subsequent processing of the data to digital landmass simulation products. The other purpose was to provide a subsystem with state-of-the-art technology and proven concepts to support the processing of digital cartographic files for generating digital landmass system products. The two functional areas of the GDPS (Data Acquisition and Validation and Post-Processing in Support of Product Generation) have specific data processing requirements. These requirements (graphic data handling in a highly interactive procedure environment and large amounts of mass storage and computation time) demand a responsive hardware configuration plus a user-oriented software architecture.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA102363
Entities
People
- J. Decker
- Michael Newman