Mapping applications of video disc technology
Abstract
Video discs can store large quantities of analog map products in a compact, nonvolatile format. Interfacing them to microcomputers provides a portable, rugged means of accessing cartographic information. This new technology has many potential applications in map data storage, navigation, training, and decision making. The U.S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories (USAETL) is studying hardware, software, and map design aspects of video discs with a prototype Map Video Processing (MVP) system.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- June 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983STIN...8418498C
- Keywords:
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- Data Storage;
- Magnetic Disks;
- Maps;
- Video Data;
- Analog Data;
- Computer Graphics;
- Display Devices;
- Laser Applications;
- Microcomputers;
- Recording;
- Systems Engineering;
- Television Systems;
- Communications and Radar