Coalition Shared Database Implementation

TIA Research will develop an approach for supporting the efficient storage, dissemination and retrieval of Ground Moving Target Indicator and Synthetic Aperture RADAR imagery within a distributed database. We will achieve this by a comprehensive research agenda that addresses the key elements of the problem: (1) the design of data structures for supporting efficient queries against data that representing rapidly moving points, (2) the design of a distributed database management system for efficiently managing the storage and retrieval of this data and (3) the development of a novel query mechanism for supporting spatio-temporal queries against this data. In all cases, the developed data structures and interfaces will adhere to the relevant commercial standards, such as XML. In Phase I, we will design and prototype tools demonstrating each of these capabilities. In Phase II, we will focus on maturing the resultant software components and, if desired, integrate the tools into the MTIx workstation.