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Author Topic: An interesting read on Geographic Data  (Read 7106 times)

KelvinNZ

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An interesting read on Geographic Data
« on: January 26, 2013, 06:30:38 pm »

Not sure how relevant this is in terms of Outerra terrain data as we know Blue Marble will be used. However I came across this:

http://www.pathways.artisllc.com/vol3.pdf
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Re: An interesting read on Geographic Data
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2013, 04:35:47 am »

nice find !!!  :o interesting 2 me !
however I don't understand how/why this company, who is working as a contractor for the US DoD, can let this kind of doc full public on the web  ???
it's quite sensitive and I wonder why it's not classified... anyway it's their problem
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Re: An interesting read on Geographic Data
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2013, 07:07:50 pm »

Sensitive? How, it simply lists some functions of a piece of GIS software- The functions I saw (from a skim read) are all present in most GIS programs so hardly new or restricted :)
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Re: An interesting read on Geographic Data
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2013, 03:43:40 am »

piece of GIS software
Maybe, I have to read more; I also just had a quick look,
 however as long as I see, this company is mainly working in R&D for the MIL and I wonder if usual GIS soft are able to calculate such complex scenarios.
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