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APPLICATION OF GIS TECHNIQUES FOR VISUAL DATABASE 
GENERATION IN FLIGHT SIMULATION 
Dr. B.K. (Kris) Mudunuri 
ABSTRACT 
This paper presents the application of GIS techniques to generate a large database (12 gigabytes) for use in 
flight simulation. The methodology involves use of imagery from multiple sources such as aerial photographs, 
sensor data, satellite imagery, etc. GIS techniques such as geocoding, image enhancement, image fusion, etc., 
are utilized to generate "viewplanes" at multiple resolutions. The resulting viewplanes are recorded onto optical 
video disks and are accessed in real time by the flight simulator for use by the trainee.