The GeoTOOls Project
GEOgraphic information systems Tools and techniques
using the Object Oriented paradigm
Overview
GeoTOOls is a joint project of researchers of the Computer
Science Departments at two public universities in Brazil
(UNICAMP and UFPE) and the Image Processing Department of
the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
The project involves researchers in
databases, algorithm design and analysis,
software engineering and image processing.
Its goals are to develop prototypes and tools to solve
specific problems in geoprocessing, investigating
the use of object oriented techniques in modelling
and implementing GIS environments.
These institutions are conducting these activities using the O2 Object
Oriented Database as an experimentation software development platform.
GeoTOOls is essentially a database project, and as
such its main concerns are in the modelling and
specification of object oriented databases
to support GIS environments and applications.
GeoTOOls is an offspring of the multi-institutional
( GEOTEC )
project.
The project is financed by the European Community
(contract ITDC 116-82152).
It was launched in June 1995 and will proceed for two years.
Overall goals
GeoTOOls concentrates its activities in four different layers of a geoprocessing system:
- Geoprocessing application development
- Man-machine interfaces
- Data analysis and image processing
- Database support and spatial data structures
Participating institutions
The following institutions participate in this project:
- IC-UNICAMP
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas) - Institute of Computing
Local coordinator: Claudia Bauzer Medeiros
Email: cmbm@ic.unicamp.br
- DPI-INPE
(National Aerospace Research Institute) - Image Processing Department
Local coordinator: Gilberto Camara
Email: gilberto@dpi.inpe.br
- DI-UFPE
(Federal University Pernambuco - Informatics
Department)
Local Coordinator: Ana Carolina Salgado
Email: acs@di.ufpe.br
For more details about each institution's participation, contact
the local coordinators.
Claudia Bauzer Medeiros home page
IC - IMECC - UNICAMP - CP 6065
13081-970 Campinas SP - Brazil
email: cmbm@ic.unicamp.br