HR: 1340h
AN: IN13A-0897    [Abstracts]
TI: Representing Satellite Swath Data in ArcGIS
AU: * Raskin, R
EM: raskin@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, 300-320, Pasadena, CA 91109,
AU: Kumler, M
EM: Mark_Kumler@institute.redlands.edu
AF: University of Redlands, 1200 E Colton Ave, Redlands, CA 92373,
AU: Kopp, S
EM: skopp@esri.com
AF: ESRI, Inc, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373,
AB: A large set of Earth remote sensing data products are obtained from satellites in near-polar orbits. These satellites generate a massive amount of time-dependent data that could be effectively integrated into standard GIS environments. However, the swath does not fit any standard GIS data structures. A swath is effectively a raster as viewed from the coordinates of a moving spacecraft, with dimensions of along-track, cross-track, and in some cases a third vertical dimension. This suggests that an appropriate structure is a raster within a vector, where the vector is the outer envelope of the swath. This work describes a joint effort of JPL, ESRI, and U. Redlands to implement a prototype plug-in for swath data in ArcGIS.
DE: 9800 GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting