A Framework for Databasing 3D Synthetic Environment Data

Abstract

Since 1994 the Digital Mapping, Charting and Geodesy Analysis Program at the Naval Research Laboratory has been developing an object-oriented spatial and temporal database, the Geographic Information Database (GIDB). Recently, we have expanded our research in the spatial database area to include three-dimensional synthetic environment (3D SE) data. This work has focused on investigating an extension to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's (NIMA's) current Vector Product Format (VPF) known as VPF+. This paper overviews the GIDB and describes the data structures of VPF+ and a prototyped 3D synthetic environment using VPF+. The latter was designed as a 3D Geographic Information System (3D-GIS) that would assist the U.S. Marine Corps with mission preparation and also provide onsite awareness in urban areas.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA394153

Entities

People

  • Frank Mccreedy
  • John Breckenridge
  • Mahdi Abdelguerfi
  • Roy Ladner
  • Ruth Wilson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Science
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environment
  • Geodesy
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geometry
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Research
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics