Realizing the Full Potential of the Video Disc for Mapping Applications,
Abstract
Today, scientists at the US Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories (ETL) are investigating mapping applications of optical storage technology. Research efforts at ETL over the last several years have shown that a great potential exists for interactive optical video disc systems in storing and displaying maps, photographs and other graphic materials. ETL's resident demonstration video disc system has served well but cannot be easily adapted to new mapping aplications. A new system being developed at ETL uses state-of-the-art Direct Read After Write (DRAW) video disc technology for in-house recording of video discs. ETL's hybrid approach to data storage brings analog and digital mapping data together for the first time on the same video disc. Planning and production operations for video discs are being streamlined and cartographic standards are being developed to improve the quality of video map displays. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA154966
Entities
People
- R. B. Lambert
Organizations
- Geospatial Research Laboratory