Digital Production of Landsat Image Maps in the Map Publishing Environment

Abstract

In support of counter narcotics activities the Defense Mapping Agency has begun production of a series of Landsat image maps. Produced at a scale of 1:100,000, these Landsat image maps are compiled from recent Landsat Thematic Mapper scenes. Bands 7, 4, and 2 are combined in a false color composite. Intensification of selected features provides improved topographic detail. The enhanced Landsat imagery is combined with a UTM grid and margin information and compiled and color separated in a digital environment. The Map Publishing Environment (MPE) output is film separates, printed via a large format laser filmwriter. In support of this new production system, a unique development/ production environment was created to bring the Government cartographers into direct contact with the system developers in order to facilitate rapid modifications and changes to the application software as necessary.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 1990
Accession Number
ADA230558

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Seebald

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Application Software
  • Cartography
  • Change Detection
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Color Separation
  • Composite Materials
  • Environment
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • Grids
  • Image Processing
  • Narcotics
  • Operating Systems
  • Production
  • United States

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy