What Constitutes a Database?
An integrated set of data elements, each describing some aspect of the same geographical region and the elements or events expected there, referred to as an environmental database
Typical data elements used in a database:
- Terrain surface, ocean bottom digital elevation models
- Terrain features
- 3-D models/icons; blueprints, Computer-Aided Design data
- Textures, images, colors; sources such as photos
- Attributes; such as Infra-Red signatures, surface material
- Environmental data; haze, fog, smoke, weather
- Other; animations, system specific data, names, tables, etc.