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COPS, a Composite Sampling DTM Collection Package for the Kern
DSR from the International Institute for Aeospace Survey and
Earth Sciences, ITC, includes modules for
- project window definition.
- process parameter definition e.g. minimum grid
spacing, threshold value.
- selective sampling.
- progressive sampling.
KDOS, the Kern Digital Orthophoto System from the University of
Karlsruhe generates digital orthophotos from perspective
imagery using the Kern DSR fitted with correlator hardware. The
package includes modules for
- orthophoto parameter definition e.g. pixel size.
- digital orthophoto generation.
- digital cartographic enhancement.
Other software packages were written by users to suit their own
requirements e.g.
At Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in England, a system has
been developed for obtaining information to form a data base to
describe piping installation stuctures, and the Kern DSR is
used to collect pipe information under the control of software
developed by ICI, based on the Kern DSR P2 Plate Processor
Library.
The Ministry of Transport and Public Works in The Netherlands
have developed a production system for their DSR analytical
plotter which demonstrates how user's programs may be combined
with Kern software. In their environment, the following
programs are used
Inner orientation - Kern software
Relative orientation - user software
Absolute orientation - Kern software
Profiling - user software
Triangulation data collection - Kern software
Triangulation adjustment - user software
Data base management - user software
10. Future Developments
Eventually, as Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems
become more widely available, a system will emerge in
photogrammetry where little or no expertise is required. All
the project management will be carried out by computer
deduction built up from previous experience.
Truly hardware independent systems will become available, with
UNIX at present emerging as the standard operating system.
Kern has rapidly transported the DEC PDP software to both
MicroVAX and PC, using available Pascal compilers and it is
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