Abstract
The recent availability of timely synoptic earth imagery from the Earth Resources Technology Satellites (ERTS) provides a wealth of information for the monitoring and management of vital natural resources. The quantity and rate of acquisition of this data requires that the resource planning function be aided by computer processing, however computer software systems have not existed to provide the planning function with an adequate computer information structure to maintain image interpretations. Available systems also lacked the simplistic interactive interface required by the resource planner who is not versed in the complexities of computer processing. Formal language definitions and syntax interpretation algorithms have been adapted to provide a flexible, computer information system for the maintenance of resource interpretation of imagery. These techniques are incorporated, together with image analysis functions, into an Interactive Resource Information Management and Analysis System, IRIMAS, which is implemented on a Texas Instruments 980A minicomputer system augmented with a dynamic color display for image presentation. A demonstration of system usage and recommendations for further system development are also included.
Schell, John August (1974). On the development of an interactive resource information management system for analysis and display of spatiotemporal data. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -173125.