Application of SLF (Standard Linear Format) to Digital Hydrographic Products.

Abstract

With an ever increasing number of new navigation, weapon, and training systems being developed which use digital cartographic information, the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) can no longer provide system specific, digital products. DMA has adopted an internal digital data exchange format, called Standard Linear Format (SLF), to permit the exchange of digital data between various production elements. The DMA Feature File, a dictionary of cartographic features and attributes to describe those features, has been developed to standardize digital cartographic features. To test these standards, a digital chart of Portsmouth, Virginia has been produced using the DMA Feature File features encoded in SLF. This digital prototype is being evaluated for its ability to serve as a multiproduct data base to satisfy both digital and paper chart requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149509

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  • M. L. Wagner
  • R. E. Blumberg

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Geographic Regions
  • Magnetic Tape
  • Navigation
  • Production
  • Prototypes
  • Resilience
  • Security
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Weapons

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  • Computer Science.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Geodesy