Accession Number:

ADA289039

Title:

Digital Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy Analysis Program: Initial Technical Review of Raster Product Format.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS

Personal Author(s):

• Shaw, Kevin B.
• Breckenridge, John
• Coughlan, S. D.
• Fetterer, Tom
• Guldry, Ruth

Report Date:

1994-10-31

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Rounding out the Defense Mapping Agencys DMA effort for a raster standard to complement the existing Vector Product Format and proposed Text Product Standard, the Raster Product Format RPF, is the proposed format for accommodating raster data. The Naval Research Laboratorys Digital Mapping, Charting, and Analysis Program DMAP has been requested by DMA via NO96 to establish the usefulness of such a standard for naval purposes. In its technical review, DMAP discusses the overall view of a raster standard and how the development of such a standard should proceed. The RPF, for example, should be modified to be compatible with already-existing standards. The suitability of RPF as it currently exists is also discussed by DMAP.

Descriptors:

• *DATA MANAGEMENT
• *MAPPING
• DATA BASES
• SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
• IMAGE PROCESSING
• DATA PROCESSING
• REQUIREMENTS
• INFORMATION TRANSFER
• RESOLUTION
• OPTICAL IMAGES
• FORMATS
• VECTOR ANALYSIS
• COMPUTER GRAPHICS
• CHARTS
• GEODESY
• DIGITAL MAPS
• RASTERS

Subject Categories:

• Cartography and Aerial Photography
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE