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SPATIAL KNOWLEDGE BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CHARTING AND MAPPING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Commerce
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10617
Amount: $29,246.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
6849 Old Dominion Dr
Mclean, VA 22101
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Barry Glick
 Principal Investigator
 (703) 893-0183
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION OF INCREASING AMOUNTS OF DIGITAL MAPPING AND CHARTING DATA SETS, SYSTEMS MUST BE CREATED TO REPRESENT GEOGRAPHIC AND CARTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. THESE SYSTEMS MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO MODEL HIGH-LEVEL INFORMATION WHILE INTEGRATING LOW-LEVEL GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE AND CARTOGRAPHIC PROCESS INFORMATION AND TO RUN IN A MICRO-COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT. OBJECT-ORIENTED DATA BASE MODELS ARE PROPOSED AS A MEANS TO ENCODE THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION. OBJECT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGIES CAN MODEL THE STRUCTURAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED, SUCH AS GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE MODELING OF PROCESS-ORIENTED KNOWLEDGE, SUCH AS THEMATIC ANALYSIS AND CARTOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION. A PLAN IS SUBMITTED TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING, ON A MICRO-COMPUTER, THE OBJECT-ORIENTED DATA BASE MODEL REQUIRED TO REPRESENT SPATIAL INFORMATION. FURTHER ANALYSIS WILL IDENTIFY KNOWLEDGE SOURCES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT ADVANCED CARTOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. FINALLY, WE WILL IDENTIFY A CONCEPT OF OPERATION AND USER INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPATIAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM.

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