19 June 2001
MIGRATION PROCESS AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE OBJECT-ORIENTED VECTOR PRODUCT FORMAT TO OBJECTSTORE DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
K. Shaw
M. Chung M. Cobb
Naval Research Laboratory
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-5004
Abstract
This chapter presents an object-oriented approach for handling Vector Product Format (VPF) mapping databases as produced by the U.S. Defense Mapping Agency. This approach is implemented in the Object Vector Product Format (OVPF) Smalltalk prototype developed by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Florida. OVPF provides an integrated framework for four VPF products: Digital Nautical Chart, World Vector Shoreline Plus, Urban Vector Smart Map, and Vector Smart Map level 0. Having four VPF products and with the update capability, persistent storage of these spatial data was one of the concerns. This chapter will introduce the changes to the data model to accommodate the ObjectStore implementation and migration process of each of the products to the ObjectStore ODBMS.
Sponsored by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
Published Book
Chapter in the Object Databases in Practice, Chapter 15, Mary Loomis, Hewlett-Packard,
and Akmal Chaudhri, City University (London), editors, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-899725-X,
November 1998.
Book Chapter