PI
(UCD): Dr.
Michela Bertolotto
PI
(DIT): Dr.
J.D. Carswell
Collaborator
(UCD): Dr.
David Wilson
Approved
costs: € 156,667
Funding
Agency:
Enterprise Ireland
Programme: Research Innovation Fund
Programme 2001
Duration
of project: 2
years
Start
Date: June
1st, 2002
Visual information
management is a central concern for all industries that utilise photography in
any guise. Geo-spatial information
systems, in particular, are the foundation of a rapidly growing industry to
deliver on-point geographic image data combined with meaningful associated
information. They are used both as
primary analysis tools, such as for intelligence information, and as value-added
components, such as for route mapping.
This project proposes to address this market with a novel synthesis and
development of techniques for image information retrieval, geo-spatial
databases, and knowledge management.
The proposed system provides support for natural user sketch-based interaction,
enhanced image matching, efficient geo-spatial database indexing and retrieval,
and intelligent capture and re-use of task-based knowledge.