Visual Organizer for Geospatial Data Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing large volumes of diverse and complex information from various sources in situations like construction, disaster response, and recovery activities is inefficient due to the need for multiple data formats and access methods, making it difficult to utilize the information effectively for decision-making.
Innovation Solution
A visual organizer system that processes and integrates geospatially associated data items, converting them into integrated images displayable via a web viewer, allowing for efficient organization and presentation of information through preprocessing, parsing, and rendering techniques.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple data formats and access methods are used to manage diverse information from various sources, then the information can be stored and accessed in its original form, but the complexity of managing and accessing the information increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple diverse data items (images, videos, sensor data, text, audio) into a single integrated image that displays all information in one unified visual interface. This merging approach allows users to access diverse data formats through a single access method rather than managing multiple separate files and formats, thereby reducing management complexity while maintaining adaptability to diverse data types.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated image serves as a universal interface that can display and provide access to multiple types of data (visual, audio, sensor, text) through a single data structure. This multi-functional approach allows the same data structure to handle diverse information types without requiring separate access methods for each data type, reducing the overall complexity of information management.
2Reliability
If information is stored in diverse formats from various sources, then the original information characteristics are preserved, but the efficiency of utilizing the information for decision-making decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple data items into a single integrated image, the system preserves all original information characteristics while making them simultaneously accessible in one interface. Users can view and utilize all information types (images, videos, sensor data, text, audio) together rather than switching between multiple files, significantly improving information utilization efficiency while maintaining data integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms multi-dimensional diverse data (different formats, types, and sources) into a unified two-dimensional visual display format. This dimensionality transformation allows diverse information to be presented in a single visual interface where all data can be perceived and utilized simultaneously, improving productivity without losing the characteristics of the original diverse data types.
3Ease of operation
If data is organized in traditional formats without integration, then each data type can be managed independently, but the overall situational awareness and decision-making capability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple independent data items into a single integrated image that maintains the independence of each data type while presenting them in a unified context. This allows users to manage and access each data type independently through the same interface while simultaneously maintaining overall situational awareness, as all data are displayed together in their spatial and contextual relationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated image can be segmented into different regions or layers corresponding to different data types (images, videos, sensor data, text, audio), allowing users to access and manage each segment independently while maintaining the overall integrated view. This segmentation within integration preserves both the independence of data management and the completeness of situational awareness.
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AI summary
In a method of organizing information, a plurality of diverse data items is accessed. The diverse data items are related to a physical location. The diverse data items that are accessed comprise at least a non-visual data item and a visual imagery data item, and include geospatial data associated with the individual accessed data items. The diverse data items are parsed by data type and stored in a data store such that the diverse data items are accessible by one or more of the geospatial data associated with the individual data items. Diverse data items related to the physical location are processed to produce an integrated image displayable via a web viewer. The processing occurs in response to receiving a request regarding the physical location. The integrated image comprises an integration of at least two of the stored diverse data items.