Internet PIKES Demo - readme.txt

 what is it?

  -  PIKES - Photo and Image Interpretation Keys Expert System

  -  A Windows 3.1 demo application for interpretation of imagery.

  -  An image expert system using key images.

  -  Image processing, Image Database, Perspective Draping,
       Vector Overlay, Case-Based Reasoning.

 PIKES

  Photo and Image Interpretation Keys Expert System

  PIKES is an advanced image interpretation system developed in Partnership
  with the Major Projects Office of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing.
  PIKES provides the photo-interpreter a sophisticated toolbox and a Case
  Based Reasoning engine, hosted on affordable PC based technology. The
  benefits of PIKES include increased accuracy and repeatability of
  interpretation.

  PIKES provides the photo-interpreter complete control over the interpretation
  process. PIKES includes an Interpreter's Assistant, based on a Case Based 
  Reasoning expert system, which can provide suggestions to the interpreter
  on partially completed interpretations. The Interpreter's Assistant
  incorporates a database of previous interpretations including the
  corresponding photographic/image keys and other biophysical parameters for
  the land cover types of interest. Based on a partially completed
  interpretation (e.g. tone, texture, aspect, etc.), the Interpreter's
  Assistant uses advanced artificial intelligence techniques to query the
  database and provide the most likely interpretations of the land cover to
  the interpreter. The interpreter can display the associated photo-keys of
  the suggested interpretations prior to making a final choice of the land
  cover type. To further aid the interpretation process, PIKES includes a
  hypertext based tutorial on photo-interpretation, based on a model used
  by the BCMOF (British Columbia Ministry of Forests).

  Initially designed for forest inventory applications in British Columbia,
  PIKES's flexible design allows the system to be tailored for the photo-
  interpretation of other land cover types (e.g. agriculture). The PIKES
  database can be loaded with the applicable keys and other parameters
  associated with the required application.

  PIKES is hosted on a PC, running the popular Windows 3.1 windowing
  environment. PIKES includes both stereo and monoscopic viewing of the
  original source imagery and photo-interpretation keys. An ancillary
  package is included with PIKES for the co-registration of the stereo
  image pairs. PIKES can ingest a variety of monoscopic and stereoscopic
  imagery. Supported imagery source types include airphotos, Landsat and
  imagery from the SPOT earth observation satellite.


 who are we?

  MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates is based in Richmond, British Columbia,
  Canada ...


 why?

  This demo has been provided to elicit feedback from potential users as to
  the effectiveness and applicability of PIKES.


 who can I contact?

  If you have any comments or would like further information please contact
  us:

    MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
    13800 Commerce Parkway
    Richmond, B.C.
    Canada
    V6V 2J3
    c/o: PIKES

  Or by electronic mail:

    pikes@mda.ca


 what do I do with it?

  In order to use this demonstration software, it must be installed for use
  under Windows 3.1. The software required that Windows be running in enhanced
  mode. The screen display mode should be at least 800 by 600, as a number of
  the dialogs are greater than 640 pixels wide. 16 colour mode is sufficient
  for this demo. (The development software required at least 256 colours.)
  The un-installed files occupy about 800K bytes, and the installed files
  require about 2.8M bytes of disk space. After installation the 'un-installed'
  files may be deleted.

 how do I install the software?

  You probably received this software in a zip file, and have already
  un-zipped it! (How else could you be reading this?), anyway...

  1. unzip distribution zip file to a temporary directory/disk with at
     least 800K bytes free.

  2. make sure that you have an additional 2.8M bytes free on your hard
     drive.

  3. start Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode, if you have not already done so.

  4. from the Program Manager menu select "File | Run".

  5. enter the install directory/disk used in 1. above, and append "install"
     to that directory name/disk.

  6. the default installation directory is "C:\PIKES". If you are going to
     use a different installation directory, enter it now, otherwise
    simply press enter.

  7. the installation utility will create the directory if needed, install
     the files into it, and create a Program Manager group entitled
     "PIKES" with 3 items: "Interpreter's Assistant", "readme", and "demo".

  8. you should delete the 'un-installed' files created in 1. above.

  9. browse the "demo" document before proceeeding.

 10. run the application. double-click the "Interpreter's Assistant" icon.

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