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Appendix A: Research Projects in NMD
Pages 47-56

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... Faye Software's Front End and User Interface for the Standalone Edit System (SES) Cartographically Enhanced High Resolution Orthophotography as a Basis for a Multipurpose Cadastrea The Development of Standards for the Production of Derivative Maps from GIS Studiesa Modeling Elevation with Triangulated Irregular Networks (TINs)
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From page 49...
... Shasby Remote Sensing and Image Processing Remote Sensing and Image Processing Remote Sensing and Image Processing Thematic Mapping Global Change ~ Inactive, will be active in FY 1991.
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From page 50...
... so TABLE A.2 of FY 1990 Research and Development Projects to be Completed by End Project Title Project Leader Nominal Filtering Research Digital Line Graph Accuracy Testing and Evaluation System A Geological Engineering Application of a Knowledge-based GIS Assessment of SPOT Stereoscopic Data and Potential Applications to NMD Programs Users Needs for Land Surface Information in Metropolitan Denver in the 1990s Attribution of Large-scale DLG Elements from Smallscale DLGs Digital Elevation Overedge Requirements for Orthophoto Production 3-Dimensional Scientific Visualization High-resolution DEMs from DLGs Characterization of Urban Places Using a GIS Desktop GIS Demonstration Systematic Misregistration of Multispectral Data Digital Analysis of SLAR Data Sets AVHRR Image Map of Antarctica GIS Modeling Calibration and Information Extraction from Satellite Image Data South Central Alaska Radar Study Development of Enhanced Vector Capabilities for the MIPS Development of Digital Geometric Correction Techniques for SLAR Data Using Ground Control Marked by Trihedral Reflectors Fractal Analysis of Land Cover from Satellite Imagery Large-scale Digital Orthophoto Product Development Study GPS-Controlled Photography for Mapping and Revision The Geography of Terrestrial Carbon E Fosnight P
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... 51 TABLE A.3 Research and Development Projects Completed by May 1, 1990 Project Title Project Leader Image Restoration of Remotely Sensed Image Data Organization and Integration of U.S. Geo Data in a Undergraduate Program in GIS USGS ACS 85 Satellite Image Map of Great Salt Lake West Space Image Mapping of Hydrilla in the Potomac River Accuracy by RMMC, RTM, EMC, and WMC Analysis of Thematic Maps Using a Personal Computer Digital Topographic Map of the Future Spectral Data Base Evaluation of LFC Photography from Shuttle Mission 17 for Topographic and Orthophoto Mapping D
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... ADC, Assistant Division Chief for Research OGCR, Office of Geographic and Cartographic Research OSD, Office of Systems De~rclopmcat OTM, Office of Technical Management MCMC, Mid-Continent Mapping Center RMMC, Rocky Mountain Mapping Center WMC, Western Mapping Center EMC, Eastern Mapping Center EDC, EROS Data Center I .
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From page 53...
... Production · Evaluation of ARC/Oracle as a Replacement for ARC/INFO · Development of Knowledge-based Interfaces for GIS · Rule Set Development for Automated Vertical Integration of DLG-3 Data Review and Correction of Digital Line Graphs Using a Raster/Vector Platform and Applied Mathematical Transformations EROS DATA CENTER · Identification of Global and Contmental Map Projections · Automated Extraction of Hydrographic and Woodland Features in Alaska from SPOT Digital Data · Hyperspectral Data Visualization ROCKY MOUNTAIN MAPPING CENTER · Automated Plotting of Symbolized Hypsography from DLG-3 Data · DLG-E Data Collection Methodologies for Existing Systems Data Applications Research Initiative Raster to Vector Conversion of Scanned Data Consolidated Digital to Analog Mapping Process (CODAMAP) Development Using ARC/INFO Land-use Modeling and Monitoring on Ecosystems: Colorado Prototype
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... (SLAR? Research Program Development of Digital Geometric Correction Techniques for SLAR Data Using Ground Control Marked by Trihedral Reflectors I
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... None OFFICE OF TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT (Reston)
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Key Terms

  • image processing
  • thematic mapping
  • digital line
  • mapping division
  • national mapping

  • slar data
  • technical management
  • division chief
  • processing remote
  • western mapping

  • correction techniques
  • line graphs
  • mountain mapping
  • eros data
  • trihedral reflectors

  • cartographic research
  • line graph
  • rocky mountain
  • using ground
  • assistant division

  • geometric correction
  • data using
  • techniques development
  • data center
  • digital geometric

  • processing thematic
  • control marked
  • none office
  • ground control
  • transformations eros


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