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TECHNOLOGY MILESTONES<br />
Pursuing Multisensor GUI Advances<br />
AFRL-developed Pursuer technology provides users a graphical user interface for assimilating multisensor imagery and<br />
metadata for review in one composite display. (AFRL image)<br />
AFRL sensors scientists have developed<br />
a graphical user interface (GUI) capable<br />
<strong>of</strong> assimilating wide-area motion imagery,<br />
ground-based sensor data, and narrow-field<strong>of</strong>-view<br />
sensor overlays for review in one<br />
composite display composed <strong>of</strong> multisensor<br />
imagery and associated metadata.<br />
Dubbed Pursuer, the technology builds<br />
upon the National Aeronautics and Space<br />
Administration’s (NASA) World Wind Java, a<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware engine that overlays NASA and US<br />
Geological Survey satellite imagery, aerial<br />
photography, topographic maps, and publicly<br />
available geographical information system<br />
data on three-dimensional models <strong>of</strong> earth<br />
and other planets. Accordingly, AFRL’s<br />
Pursuer provides a time model that enables<br />
users to step through a collection <strong>of</strong> sensor<br />
data in a “TiVo-like” (i.e., digital-videorecording-type)<br />
capacity. The technology also<br />
incorporates a variety <strong>of</strong> additional tools—such<br />
as frame-to-frame stabilization, brightness/<br />
contrast adjustment, user markup annotation,<br />
screen capture, distance calculator, manual<br />
tracking, and movie creation—enabling users<br />
to exploit the captured sensor data to the<br />
fullest possible extent.<br />
AFRL is working to further develop Pursuer<br />
by hosting the product in a collaborative<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware environment known as Forge.mil.<br />
Similar to the open source Sourceforge.<br />
net s<strong>of</strong>tware development site, Forge.mil<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers Department <strong>of</strong> Defense developers a<br />
secure collaboration environment controlled<br />
by Common Access Card authentication<br />
and security. Interested (authorized) parties<br />
can access the Pursuer source code under<br />
the RYA – SPADE [AFRL Sensors<br />
Directorate, Automatic Target Recognition –<br />
Spatially Diverse Electronic Attack] project on<br />
Forge.mil.<br />
For additional information on this technology contact AFRL/RY afrl.ry.marketing@wpafb.af.mil, (937)904-9771. To receive more information about AFRL,<br />
visit the Homepage at www.wpafb.af.mil/afrl. (RY-10-08_04-15) Sensors/Response to Needs<br />
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