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Abstract
A Multicomputing Software Environment for ArcInfo Intervisibility Analysis
Track: Defense and Intelligence
Author(s): Mike Mineter, Steve Dowers, Bruce Gittings, , Douglas Caldwell
The paper describes the development and use of a prototype, multicomputing software environment for intervisibility analysis. The multicomputing software architecture executes multiple ArcInfo commands concurrently on networked processors, using spare CPU cycles to reduce the elapsed time for the analysis. For every elevation post in a Digital Elevation Model (DEM), we determine the visible regions. The individual intervisibility analyses are combined in a compact database, called a Complete Intervisibility Database (CID). The CID is then exploited by a series of interactive decision aids that determine cumulative and maximum visibility.
Mike Mineter
University of Edinburgh
Drummond St
Edinburgh EH8 9XP
Scotland
Phone: 44 131 650 2662
Fax: 44 131 650 2524
E-mail: m.mineter@ed.ac.uk
Steve Dowers, Bruce Gittings,
University of Edinburgh
Drummond St
Edinburgh EH8 9XP
Scotland
Phone: 44 131 650 2548
Fax: 44 131 650 2524
E-mail: sd@geo.ed.ac.uk
Douglas Caldwell
U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria 22315-3864
USA
Phone: (703) 428-6802
Fax: (703) 428-6425
E-mail: caldwell@tec.army.mil