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FGANResearch Institute for Communication,

Information Processing and Ergonomics

KIEDep. Ergonomics and Informations Systems 1

Visualisation of Heterogeneous Military Data in

Geographical Information Systems

A. Kaster, J. Kaster

Research Institute for Communication,Information Processing and Ergonomics

- Ergonomics and Information Systems Department -

Ergonomics und Informations Systems




» Visualisation of heterogeneous military data ... «

• Problems in military CCIS / software ergonomics

• xIRIS - geographical CCIS

• military situation display

• application of componentware technology - micro view

• frameworks and design patterns for MMI (e.g. „MVC“)

• data management information system

• information system architecture

• rapid application development with CASE-Technology

• application of componentware technology - macro view

• Conclusion

• Internet technology as a further macro-view of componentware

technology




Communication, Information distribution

filtering, evaluation, ...

Decisionsupport systems

Decisionsupport systems

Functional areasApplications

Datawarehouses ....

Functional areasApplications

Datawarehouses ....

D

Influence coefficients :Influence coefficients :

F1 F2 Fn

gathering, aggregation, ...

Problem area „CCIS“

heterogeneous technologyvariety of task requirements

different user profiles




planning of actions and

their control

establishing of subtasks

planningof operation and their conduction

input actions and perception

basic application in the

info system

objects and functions of the

info system

user operationsof the

info system

exchangeof

information

applicationlevel

subtasklevel

dialoguelevel

Input / outputlevel

Usermodel

Usermodel

Applicationmodel

Applicationmodel

Design and Judgement Criteria

adaptability to new tasks

permission of individual working

objects

alternative user operations

liberal input/outputof information

Flexibility of action

Flexibility of action

model of familiartasks areas

intelligibility of system

functionality

consistent, action supporting

operations

intelligible input/output data

Competencesupport

Competencesupport

task adapted objects

and functions

efficiencyof the

user operations

task adaptedinput/output

of information

Suitabilityfor tasks

Suitabilityfor tasks

support for basictasks in theinfo system

VDI 5005 model frame: Software - Ergonomics




• Problem• xIRIS - geographical CCIS








• Conclusion


technology





xIRIS - multi window technique, multi layer technique




» xIRIS «

• central component in the command and control process for military users.

• generation and processing of military situations, images and complkete

situation reports.

• adaptable to current requirements and can be integrated in an overall

environment.

• access to any other data sources (open system architecture).

• visualisation of any geo-reference data.

• editors and libraries for military symbols, special symbols, bitmap graphics.

• interoperability by means of open system interfaces.

• different views on same data can be generated.

• combination of vector and raster maps and digital elevation data




» xIRIS «


• generation and processing of military situations, images and complete

situation reports.


environment.










» xIRIS «



situation reports.


environment.










» xIRIS «


• generation and processing of military situations, images and complete

situation reports.


environment.










» xIRIS «



situation reports.


environment.










xIRIS - application: dynamic situation display




xIRIS - situation display (vector background map)




xIRIS - situation display (raster background map)












• Conclusion


technology





Technological milestones

1. Monolith: procedural programming

techniques

2. UIMS: separation of program and UIMS

3. OOA, OOP: object-oriented programming

4. Componentware: independent building blocks !!












• Conclusion


technology





MonolithData processing andinteraction functions

areinterlocked

Input

Output

Model - View - Controller




UIMSInput processing

KernelImplementationof applicationspecific stateand behaviour

Input

Output





Input

Output


ControllerInput processing

View3

View2

View1

Presentation ofinformation

System transactions

Access andmodification

System modifications

ModelImplementationof applicationspecific stateand behaviour





HOBBIT: Modular human machine interface

Koppler (CORBA, DCOM)

Operator

Tact. situation

Geographic map

Navigator

LevelsWindow technique

Menubars

Dir. Manipulation

Presentation (View) Datastore (Model)Dialogue (Controller)

Object list

Attributes

extern systemsSys1 Sys2 GeoDB SituationDB DokuDb ...

GUI - bus system

Graphical user interface (GUI)












• Conclusion


technology





U I M S

4. UIMS

Browser technology ... !

3. „Intelligence“

DataWarehouse

Tact. Situation

Documents

GeoDB2. DBMS

Lage Info System Grafik Büro Dia Vortrag Text Tabelle ETB Mail System

1. Modular Workstation

Rapid Application Developmentwith CASE-Technology

Rapid Application Developmentwith CASE-Technology

Information system architecture

System modelling

System design

System generationApplication forms

Automatic GenerationPreferences

Libraries Templates

Master forms

ERD FHDBusinessprocesses

Components designed with iCASE technology

User requirements

Repository












• Conclusion


technology





Statistics

19802134

1990986

456 3068

Table

Picture

Map/Situation

Audio...Video

Situation report 1.1.00

1. Generaltext text texttext text text

2. Kosovotext text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

19802134

1990986

456 3068

„Document centered working style“based on components




1) xIRIS

Maps / situation layersMaps / situation layers

table text graphics dialogsmasks mail

Mail

images office

Documents

DB: ORACLE (CASE)

2) data management

Summary

Homogeneous UIMS

DB: LotusNotes DB: ACCESS

3) Internet-technology