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Abstract
Integrating Diverse Technologies into a Labor Saving Application: FORE!
Track: New Technology and Technology Integration
Author(s): Matt E Simmons, Richard K Jessop
Integrating diverse data sources through diverse process technology into a labor saving application: FORE!
It is the nature of software technologies to solve general problems because of its flexibility. Users can abstract and model data and processes as they see fit. This customizable modeling can become problematic when users try to cross the model's boundary into another model--what we call data conversion. For example, GIS data may be available on the World Wide Web in a variety of formats (HTML, XML, GIF images) or only be available through CGI requests.
Rather than applying a single software tool (i.e., a language such as Java, PERL, C++, or Visual Basic), or an enabling technology such as COM or CORBA, to the problem, we at Analytical Surveys, Inc. have developed a suite of small applications written in a variety of languages, each of which is particularly suited to managing or manipulating GIS data or obtaining geospatial data itself.
In this paper, we will describe the general problem, the collection of required orthophoto imagery for subsequent digitization of contained features; the barriers it presented; and the software solution and the issues that had to be considered in its development.
Matt E Simmons
Analytical Surveys, Inc.
1935 Jamboree Drive, Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
USA
Phone: 719-593-0093 x5
Fax: 719-528-5093
E-mail: msimmons@anlt.com