Development of the Digital Chart of the World

Abstract

This report summarizes the studies, prototype development, and design decisions undertaken in the development of the Defense Mapping Agency's Vector Product Format (VPF) Military Standard and the new topologically structured global geo-spatial database, the Digital Chart of the World. The VPF is a generic, machine-independent format for Geographic Information System (GIS) data designed for use by diverse software systems. This format will be used by DMA for the provision of all future geo-spatial vector information products. The DCW is a comprehensive 1:1,000,000 scale vector basemap of the world. It consists of cartographic, attribute, and textual data stored on compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) utilizing the VPF. The report covers the objectives, study methodology, and conclusions for each phase of the development effort. It covers design and prototyping, special studies, standards development, VPFVIEW software development, DCW database production, quality assurance, and other VPF product development

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA265097

Entities

Organizations

  • Esri

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • C Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • North America
  • Operating Systems
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Software Engineering.