Menlo Park, CA
Automated Population of Geospatial Databases
Virtual Lab
The APGD Virtual Lab is intended to be a common resource for the research community working under the DARPA Image Understanding program in the area Automated Population of Geospatial Databases.
Datasets
Fort Hood, TX
Fort Benning, GA
Fort Irwin/NTC, CA
Watertown Canyon, CO (Lockheed-Martin Facility)
RADIUS Model Board 1
APGD Documents
Sensor Models
Draft Report on Generic Sensor Model API
(Quam;SRI)
Generic Sensor Model API Briefing at APGD Kickoff
(Quam;SRI)
Description of TEC Image Header File
(Norvelle;USATEC)
Digital Stereoimage Transformation Procedures
(Norvelle;USATEC)
Feature Extraction Bibiographies
Buildings
(Pearson; GDE)
Linear Delineation
(Fischler; SRI)
SAR/IFSAR
(Wilson; Vexcel)
Evaluation Procedures and Metrics
Test Plan for Evaluation Day at Terrain Week '98
On the Evaluation of APGD Algorithms and Systems
(Fischler; SRI)
Other Reports
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Remote Execution of Algorithms
Linear Delineation/Road Segment Detection
Remote Evaluation of Algorithm Results
Linear Feature Evaluation
Links to relevant standards and informational documents
NIMA Geospatial Standards and Specifications
Summary of NIMA Digital Data (``Digitizing the Future'')
Foundation Feature Data Specs (DRAFT)
NIMA Publications on Geodesy and Geophysics
Terrain Elevation Data
Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTEDŽ) Level 0
(30 Arc Second Terrain Data)
USGS: Geo Data
WGS 84/EGM96
EGM96: The NASA GSFC and NIMA Joint Geopotential Model
15-Minute Geoid Height File and Coefficient File
Computation of GEOID96 Geoid Height
National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) Standard Homepage
Document downloads
TIFF and GeoTIFF
TIFF Revision 6.0 Specification
LIBTIFF -- Free TIFF library
The GeoTIFF Web Page
LIBGEOTIFF -- Free GeoTIFF library
Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS)
10-4: Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and their Principal Administrative Divisions
128-2: Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
173-1: Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)