3-dimensional interactive image modeling system
First Claim
1. A method of correlating non-georeferenced data to geospatial data comprising:
- providing at least one geospatial data file having a geospatial image and indicative of a geographic location;
identifying at least one geographic reference in the geospatial image;
providing at least one non-georeference data file;
identifying a non-georeferenced digital data item in the non-georeference data file;
defining an association between the geographic reference and the non-georeferenced digital data item; and
correlating the non-georeferenced digital data item and the geographic reference to generate an output information product indicative of the association between the geospatial data and the non-georeferenced digital data item.
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Abstract
A system and method for generating custom geospatial information maps and precision corrected images allows realtime interactive production of a desired output image by incorporating user selectable parameters that define various image synthesizing operations. A graphical user interface allows a user to specify parameters that define the desired output image via a remote computing device over a public access network such as the Internet. The parameters define image synthesizing operations such as area, projection, datum, fusion, masking, blending, mosaiking, resampling, and others. The desired output image is processed by an image assembly server according to the parameters and a variety of geospatial image data sources, and electronically delivered to a user via a public access network. The geospatial information may also be correlated with non-georeferenced data such that relevant associations between non-georeferenced data and the geospatial data are integrated in the output information product. A user may therefore receive a desired output image that conforms to a variety of user-specified parameters interactively via an image assembly server, and interactively update and refine the desired output image via the graphical user interface, thereby providing an active archive of a set of images that can be revised dynamically.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of correlating non-georeferenced data to geospatial data comprising:
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providing at least one geospatial data file having a geospatial image and indicative of a geographic location;
identifying at least one geographic reference in the geospatial image;
providing at least one non-georeference data file;
identifying a non-georeferenced digital data item in the non-georeference data file;
defining an association between the geographic reference and the non-georeferenced digital data item; and
correlating the non-georeferenced digital data item and the geographic reference to generate an output information product indicative of the association between the geospatial data and the non-georeferenced digital data item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for generating associations between non-georeferenced data and geospatial data for geospatial information output products compsising:
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a geospatial database having geospatial data;
at least one geospatial data file in the geospatial database indicative of a geographic location;
a non-georeference database having non-georeferenced digital data;
at least one non-georeferenced data item in the non-georeference database;
an association manager operable to read the geospatial data file and the non-georeferenced data item and further operable to define an association between a geographic reference in the geospatial data file and the non-georeferenced data item;
a graphical user interface (GUI) operable to receive the geospatial data file and the non-georeferenced data item and receive a user input indicative of the association, the association manager responsive to the GUI; and
an association database in communication with the association manager and operable to store the associations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of interactively generating geospatial image maps comprising:
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gathering, from a plurality of geospatial sensors, raw geospatial data and non-georeferenced data;
determining, for the raw geospatial data, correction data indicative of sensor based inaccuracies in the raw geospatial data;
staging the raw geospatial data using the correction data to produce a plurality of raw geospatial files and a plurality of geometry files each including correcting metadata;
storing the plurality of raw geospatial files and the plurality of geometry filing in a geospatial database adapted to store geospatial image data including raw geospatial data and correcting metadata;
assembling, from the plurality of geometry files and the non-georeferenced data, a resampling file set including the geometry files and the raw geospatial data files corresponding to the desired output image;
processing, in a resampling engine, the resampling file set to produce the desired output image; and
transmitting, to a user, the desired output image.
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24. A computer program product having computer program code for correlating non-georeferenced data to geospatial data comprising:
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computer program code for providing at least one geospatial data file having a geospatial image and indicative of a geographic location;
computer program code for identifying at least one geographic reference in the geospatial image;
computer program code for providing at least one non-georeference data file;
computer program code for identifying a non-georeferenced digital data item in the non-georeference data file;
computer program code for defining an association between the geographic reference and the non-georeferenced digital data item; and
computer program code for correlating the non-georeferenced digital data item and the geographic reference to generate an output information product indicative of the association between the geospatial data and the non-georeferenced digital data item.
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25. A system for generating associations between non-georeferenced data and geospatial data for geospatial information output products compsising:
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means for providing at least one geospatial data file having a geospatial image and indicative of a geographic location;
means for identifying at least one geographic reference in the geospatial image;
means for providing at least one non-georeference data file;
means for identifying a non-georeferenced digital data item in the non-georeference data file;
means for defining an association between the geographic reference and the non-georeferenced digital data item; and
means for correlating the non-georeferenced digital data item and the geographic reference to generate an output, information product indicative of the association between the geospatial data and the non-georeferenced digital data item.
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