USS Carl Vinson SDMS (Spatial Data Management System)
Abstract
This report describes the USS Carl Vinson application of Computer Corporation of America's (CAA's) Spatial Data Management System (SDMS) -- a unique, user interface that provides a simple and uniform means of accessing different kinds of computerized information. Work under the referenced contract consists of the design and partial implementation of this application. SDMS is a computer-based tool that uses graphical symbols to convey information. SDMS merges the visual power of symbols with the information-handling facilities of a conventional database management system (DBMS). It provides a highly effective means for people who are not data processing professionals to organize and access a database. Spatial data management is a technique for organizing and retrieving information by representing and positioning it graphically. Data are viewed through color displays. The displays show flat data surfaces on which pictorial representations of the data are arranged. The collection of all the data surfaces is called the graphical data space (GDS). The GDS consists of all the pictures that the user can access. SDMS automatically creates these pictures from data stored by the DBMS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA130125
Entities
People
- Christopher F. Herot
- David Kramlich
- Jane Barnett
- Mark Friedell
- Richard Carling